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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. In Chapter 20, what does Andy suggest is the best way to get dogs to stop begging at the dinner table?
2. At the end of Chapter 29, before returning to the party, what does Dag do to Andy?
3. What does Claire want there to be in her bungalow when she returns home from New York?
4. Who is Curtis?
5. What building does Dag point out to Andy in Chapter 16?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Dag do to the Aston Martin convertible that is parked not far from Larry's Bar?
2. How does Andy describe the MacArthurs in Chapter 20?
3. In Chapter 23 when Andy wakes up in the early morning and sees his friends asleep around him, how does he feel?
4. As he explains in Chapter 29, how does Dag think he will die?
5. In her story in Chapter 18, what does Elvissa notice about the apartment Curtis is staying at?
6. What does Andy say is the kiss of death, personality-wise in Chapter 25?
7. How does Elvissa get her name?
8. What does Andy describe planing in his parents' back yard in Chapter 23?
9. What does Claire intend to do with the stick she found on the street in New York?
10. What does Andy tell Dag about a little Japanese girl he lived with in Chapter 29?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the genre of the novel, literary fiction. What are the elements of this genre? Why is this novel an example of this genre?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the characters' hesitance with sharing their personal truths. How are the stories that Andy, Dag, and Claire tell one another only partly truthful? Why do these characters avoid sharing their personal stories with their closest friends? How do these characters grow in this regard as the novel progresses? By the end of the novel are these characters about to tell the whole truth, or do they continue to disguise the truth?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the sun motif. What does sun and light represent in this novel? How do the three main characters view the sun? Do their views of the sun and light change as the novel progresses? If so, how?
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