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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 does Laura say when Amanda announces Laura is going to find someone to marry?

2. What does the instructor tell Amanda happened to Laura?

3. What does Amanda tell the children they have to do with their food that animals do not?

4. How big is the moon that night?

5. When Tom stands up from the table Amanda tells him he is not excused. What does he tell her he is going to go get?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Laura want Tom to apologize to Amanda?

2. What does Tom tell Amanda that they are going to have the following night?

3. Why do you think Tom apologizes to Amanda?

4. Where does Amanda tell Tom that most people get their adventure at?

5. What does Amanda tell Tom to wait on before he leaves for the merchant marines?

6. What does Amanda seem concerned about when she learns that Laura has dropped out of college?

7. Amanda doesn't believe that Tom goes to the movies every night. What does she allude to that she believes Tom is doing?

8. In what way does Amanda tell Tom she wouldn't mind him emulating his father?

9. When and where does the story take place?

10. Why does Jim stick in Laura's mind so much when she only knew him in high school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Tom tells Amanda that they shouldn't expect to much from Laura. Do you think that Amanda expects to much from Jim's visit or that Tom expected to little? What does it tell us about Tom that he didn't tell Jim about his sister when he invited him over for dinner?

Essay Topic 2

Would the family had been better off if Jim had not come to dinner? Would Tom have stayed longer even though he had already paid his dues to The Union of Merchant Seamen? What makes you think this?

Essay Topic 3

We are given a lot of background information about Jim from both Laura and Tom. What does it tell us about his nature to have all this information before we even meet the character? What does it tell you about Jim that he has roughly the same job as Tom after succeeding so well in high school?

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