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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. Which of the following does Hadley have in her yard?

2. As which of the following does Annabel’s nanny euphemize female genitals?

3. What kind of plane does Marx fly?

4. What is the name of the director with whom Hadley works on Peregrine?

5. Under which of the following names is Gone-to-the-Spirits known?

Short Essay Questions

1. What reason does Hadley cite for leaving Oliver?

2. What does Thompson report telling the indigenous people he encounters alongside Gone-to-the-Spirits?

3. What reason does Annabel give for refusing to bathe after the birth of her twin children?

4. What are the three possible outcomes of a graveyard spiral?

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

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

7. How does Stanley hide his alcohol production?

8. What is Marx’s primary observation about flight?

9. For what does Marian grieve after her first flight to Vancouver?

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

Notably, Wallace is a painter—and Jaime becomes one later. How might the story be different were Wallace and Jaime in a different line of work or artists in another medium? Why might it be different in those ways?

Essay Topic 2

A significant amount of readerly attention focuses on the comment that Marian “hadn’t anticipated how much of her behavior after marriage would be motivated by a wish not to argue” (269). What in the novel and in experience might account for the attention, and how might they do so?

Essay Topic 3

Consider the overall effect of paratext in the novel. There are a few illustrations and a few footnotes in addition to front and back matter. What do they do for the novel? How do they do it?

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