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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. How much does Liverpool trade him for to their rivals?

2. What game do they play to pass the time?

3. What day and month is Maggie's first live performance?

4. How long were Patrick and Cornelia married?

5. Why does Patrick send Maggie a note?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Winnie Lawrence convince Will to play for the American team even though Will is convinced they don't have a chance?

2. What are the issues that bring Phillip to the edge of insanity and make him want to kill his family?

3. How does Will handle his first meeting with Maggie?

4. What does Vannie do that is inappropriate and fosters Will's sexual indifference to women?

5. What advice does Barbra give Maggie?

6. How does Barry respond to the songs that Maggie sings in her audition for him?

7. What happens to Will's concentration in the final seconds of the World Cup game that causes them to lose it?

8. What are the things that help Maggie to finally relax around Patrick?

9. How do Patrick O'Malley and Maggie Bradford meet?

10. What two events in the park change Will?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Greed is powerful motivation for extreme behavior. Which characters exhibit greed in this novel and how? What are the circumstances that make greed an issue and what is at stake? How does this greed manifest itself? What kinds of parallels do we see every day in real life where greed is directly responsible for extreme behavior? Give some examples of greed in high powered positions in life.

Essay Topic 2

How can a child's development play a large role in the adult he/she becomes? In Will's case, childhood trauma goes largely unaddressed and leaves an angry and confused child to find ways to cope on his own. He does so with anger and abuse. How might this all have been avoided, if at all? What kinds of treatment should Will have received right from the start? How common do you believe untreated childhood trauma is? How likely is this to be the precursor for a life of crime or abuse? How many people dropped the ball in Will's life and in what way might they have helped him?

Essay Topic 3

How damaging is verbal abuse? What are the long term effects of this kind of bullying? How is a victim of constant verbal abuse likely to develop from child to adult? As an adult victim of verbal abuse, what effect does this have on confidence, poise, and overall personality? Would you recognize a victim of verbal abuse? What can be done to help a victim or stop an abuser, if anything?

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