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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Georgia note about Raymond and Maya's marriage?

2. Which man on board the ship seems interested in June?

3. Which man on board the ship has taken an interest in Averill?

4. Why has Anita come to the small town where she grew up?

5. What does the man in #147 take Georgia to see?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Jeanine and what is her purpose for being on the ship?

2. What lie about Austin's true plans does Karin learn and how does she react to the news?

3. Who is Matilda and what are the circumstances in which her mother is cruel to Morris?

4. What does this story say about uneven love in relationships, especially in the case of Maya's husband, Raymond?

5. Give some examples of how the author uses the theme of escape in this story.

6. What was Joan Fordyce's childhood like as explained in the first part of the story?

7. Who is Miles and what is his relationship with Georgia?

8. What story does the captain tell about two sister who once traveled on the ship?

9. Who is Austin Cobbett and what is a woman named Karin helping him do as the story begins?

10. How does Karin think that her ex-husband, Brent, has facilitated Austin's departure from his church?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author uses more than one instance of irony in the book. Cite at least two other examples you can identify in the stories and note why they are examples of irony.

Essay Topic 2

The frustration of unfulfilled affection touches several characters in the stories. Name at least two characters who experience unfulfilled love and the situations that occur as a result.

Essay Topic 3

Choose three characters from different stories and then project into the future ten years and write a brief synopsis for their lives. Be sure to include geography, marital status, work, socialization, etc.

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