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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 is the second man to ask Abel to manage his hotel?

2. What bad news does William receive just after meeting the love of his life?

3. Which soldiers were responsible for the rape and subsequent death of Florentyna?

4. What is William's birthdate?

5. What was William's monetary goal in college?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is ironic about the first time Melanie Leroy sleeps with Abel after he inherits her father's hotel chain?

2. Discuss William's finances and financial goals set during his junior year in college.

3. Why is Anne growing more anxious in Chapter 10?

4. Describe William Kane's birth.

5. How does Wladek come to live in the castle?

6. How does Wladek discover he is the Baron's second son?

7. How does Anne meet her second husband?

8. Explain how Richard dies and why his wife and child do not also die.

9. How does Abel make his way to Chicago from New York?

10. Discuss the board vote when considering William and Simmons for the chairman position at the bank.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss William and Abel as main characters of Kane and Abel. What is the definition of main character and how do these men fit it?

Essay Topic 2

Define the term flashback as it applies to literature. How are flashbacks used in Kane and Abel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the differences between major and minor characters in literature. Discuss William and Abel as major characters and select two other characters to analyze as minor characters. How do the minor characters fit the definition?

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