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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 takes Lala's money that she has earned?

2. Who does Adan tell Lala he wants to kill?

3. What does Peter Whalen do for a living?

4. What is Adan's identifying mark?

5. What work did Wilma do in the 1960s?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Esme resent Wilma so much in later years?

2. Why does Mira repeatedly buy raisins at the store following Peter's death?

3. Why does Lala go out to find Adan in the middle of the night early in Part I?

4. What is Peter trying to do when the robber kills him?

5. What surprises Sergeant Beckles so much about Wilma's story about Baby?

6. How does the hospital staff treat Lala when she has her baby there?

7. What interrupts the robber in Mira's house in Part I?

8. How does Mira Whalen behave for the first five days after the murder of her husband Peter?

9. Why does Wilma tell Lala the story of the one-armed sister?

10. What does Mira Whalen sometimes feel she is being punished for?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What does Lala's wedding ring, and the manner in which Adan procures it, symbolize about their entire marriage and relationship? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How does Jones describe the history of Lala's and Tone's relationship and their feelings for each other? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What do you think Wilma wants Lala to understand from her story about the one-armed sister early in the novel? What is the actual effect of this story on Lala? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

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