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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 place from her past does Paige visit while she tries to figure out what to do about Nicholas?

2. What time of day is it as Paige drifts through the business center of Boston?

3. What does Paige tell Nicholas about Max as she follows him during his rounds?

4. What does Nicholas think Paige looks like as he is making his rounds?

5. Astrid tells Max her own version of what famous fairytale?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where is Paige when she decides she needs to tell Nicholas the truth about her past?

3. Who talks Paige out of running away again and tells her she should stay and fight?

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

5. How does Nicholas feel when he discovers Paige with Max at his parents' house?

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

7. What is May's reaction when Paige tells her she plans to return to her husband and son?

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

9. What happens when Paige sees Max for the first time in three months?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Do you think Paige and Nicholas will remain married? Why or why not? Use evidence throughout the novel to support your opinion.

Essay Topic 3

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

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