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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 is the name of Nicholas' girlfriend at the time he meets Paige?

2. What does the Lamaze instructor ask Nicholas to put on during the only class he attends?

3. What is Astrid's reaction when Nicholas shows up at her door with Max?

4. Nicholas is angry at Paige the first morning she is gone because he needs to be at the hospital to _______________.

5. Where did Patrick meet May?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Paige meet Jake, who eventually becomes her boyfriend in Chicago?

2. When did Jake and Paige's relationship move from just being friends?

3. What does Paige remember about her mother as she drives to North Carolina to find May?

4. What happens when Paige calls her father to tell him she is getting married?

5. How did May end up owning the show horse, Donegal?

6. What does the private detective hired by Paige discover about May's whereabouts?

7. What happens at the only Lamaze class Nicholas attends for Paige's entire pregnancy?

8. What does Nicholas' boss tell him after the birth of his son?

9. What happens when Nicholas brings Rachel to the diner while Paige is working?

10. What does Paige remember about a childhood trip to the zoo with her mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the irony that Nicholas struggles to take care of Max in the same ways that Paige did. Does this give him any insight into his wife and their marriage?

Essay Topic 2

Patrick O'Toole tells Paige the story of Cuchulainn and Dechtire. What does the story symbolize and how is it used throughout the novel?

Essay Topic 3

How does being forced to take care of Max slowly change Nicholas and his priorities?

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