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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. Who does Paige draw when she is upset at Nicholas and worried about Max?

2. What does Astrid do with Max that Robert thinks Nicholas would not like?

3. What does Paige ask Nicholas for when she shows up on his doorstep?

4. What theme is Alistair Forgerty's office decorated with?

5. Where does Paige go when she leave the hospital after Max's surgery?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Nicholas' reaction when Paige shows up on his doorstep after being gone for months?

2. What does May eventually tell Paige is the reason she left her years before?

3. What does Nicholas discover as he looks into divorcing Paige?

4. Why is Nicholas so frustrated when the doorbell rings the night Paige returns from being gone for three months?

5. When Nicholas discovers Max is ill, where does he take him?

6. How does Nicholas become the acting chief of cardiac surgery?

7. What surprising news does May have when Paige calls her mother to apologize for how she left?

8. What ironic thing does Paige discover about the daycare Nicholas has had to provide for Max while she was away?

9. What happens when Paige tells Nicholas the truth about her past?

10. Describe how Nicholas seems very conflicted as he interacts with Paige after returning home with Max to find her still in front of his house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Does Paige need to find her mother in order to be a good mother? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how Paige's reaction to thinking Max is dead, is the culmination of everything Paige believes and everything that has happened to her since her childhood?

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