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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 make of vehicle do Hadley and Mitch take on their circumnavigation of Lake Superior?

2. Who sails around the world in the Spray?

3. What is the name of Addison’s lawyer?

4. How much does Marian stand to earn for every book she shelves at the library?

5. Near which city was Felix trained to fly?

Short Essay Questions

1. What childhood reaction to Marian’s logbook does Hadley report to Hugo?

2. When her father asks what he could have done to help her, what reply does Annabel make?

3. How does Hadley describe glowworms?

4. What treatment is first prescribed for Annabel’s perceived libidinousness?

5. What reasons are reported for Lena hunting via rifle rather than trap?

6. How is the term “great circle” defined?

7. How does Matilda mark out the distinctions among first-, second-, and third-class passengers on the Josephina Eterna?

8. What is remarked upon as Wallace’s “one unexpected strictness” (87)?

9. How does Hadley describe the feeling of confronting choices at college?

10. What reasons does Hadley cite for having taken up with Oliver to begin with?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the celebration in Missoula of Lindbergh’s successful trans-Atlantic flight (92-93). What does it suggest about the participants that they celebrate the event, and how is the suggestion made?

Essay Topic 2

Sources attest to the presence of Great Circle on bestseller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

Essay Topic 3

As Jamie and Sarah talk in Seattle in December 1941, Jamie remarks on Marian’s desire not to be bound to people, and Sarah replies that being thus bound is the center of life. Which opinion does the novel appear to support more fully? How does it do so?

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