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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Antonapoulos when Mr. Singer goes to visit him at the asylum?

2. In the narration of Part 2, Chapter 14, how are the strange feelings Mick is having described?

3. What did Mr. Singer find out when he gets to the asylum?

4. What happens after the Jake and Dr. Copeland talked most the night?

5. While Mr. Singer is on the train, what is he thinking about his four frequent visitors?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why were the conversations with John Singer were mostly one sided. Was it mostly because he was deaf, or because they other characters were content just having someone to talk to?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the kind of relationship Mick Kelly has with her family, especially her mother. Why doesn't Mick confide in her parents about her dreams? What happened to the close relationship she once had with her older brother? Why does Mick seem closest to her younger brothers? At one point in the novel Mick keeps asking her brother Bubber/George if he loves her. Why was it so important to her that he love her not just because she was his sister?

Essay Topic 3

Why did John Singer keep his hands in his pocket. What would have happened if he had kept them out of his pockets? Did keeping his hands in his pockets create another mystery about him, or an elusiveness?

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