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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 does Sylvie change her major to after her father dies?

2. Where is Ceceila painting murals when her mother announces she is moving?

3. What is the name of the head librarian when Sylvie is working at Lozano Library?

4. How much of a gap is there between when Sylvie stops sleeping at Julia and William's apartment and when she gets her own place?

5. How many months along is Julia in her pregnancy when Cecelia has her baby?

Short Essay Questions

1. What thoughts does William have after he lets Julia read his book?

2. What is the house and neighborhood like where the Padavano family lives?

3. What realization does Sylvie come to regarding her relationship with her mother?

4. Where does Sylvie sleep during the three-month gap between when she stops sleeping at William and Julia's apartment and when she got her own place?

5. What does William receive from his father when he is in the hospital recuperating from his knee injury in 1982?

6. What does William do when Julia finds out he has been missing classes?

7. After Charlie dies, what is the last conversation Sylvie remembers having with him?

8. After Sylvie has to drop out of college, how is she able to reenroll?

9. How does William begin playing basketball?

10. What does Rose wear when she works in her garden?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Alice and Julia have one another and very few other people. How would you describe the relationship between Julia and Alice? How does that relationship affect Alice and the influence the type of person she becomes?

Essay Topic 2

Dr. Dembia orders that William quit keeping secrets. Why are keeping secrets detrimental to William’s health and well-being? Why is it important for him not to keep secrets?

Essay Topic 3

William has friends, especially Kent, who are there for him when he has struggles in his life. Who are some of the friends in William’s life? Why are they important in his life?

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