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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 Amanda ask Clay to do with her before answering the people's request who had shown up on the porch?
2. In Chapter 10, why is Amanda angry at Clay?
3. What is Amanda's job title?
4. What does Clay tell Amanda she is terrible with in Chapter 10?
5. Why does Amanda do the New York Times crossword on her phone?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Amanda like getting emails from work, even when she is on vacation?
2. What does Ruth notice that she does not like about Clay's and Amanda's presence in the house?
3. In Chapter 14, what does Ruth tell G.H. she is thinking about in terms of happy memories?
4. What happens to Clay that unsettles him in Chapter 16?
5. What does Amanda buy on her trip to the grocery store in Chapter 3?
6. In Chapter 13, what does Rose see outside that is highly unusual and a bit unsettling?
7. What does the title "Leave the World Behind" refer to?
8. Why do G.H. and Ruth say they did not want to go back into New York City?
9. How do the adults try to get information about what is happening in the outside world in Chapter 11?
10. In Chapter 12, why are G.H. and Ruth comforted by the things in the basement of the vacation house?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Which characters in the novel seem to have the most faith in other people, especially once the scale of the crises begins to become clearer? Which characters seem to lack as much of this kind of faith? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
Essay Topic 2
What issue is Ruth preoccupied with the whole time the Washingtons are at their vacation home with Amanda and Clay? How does Ruth handle the uncertainty regarding this topic? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
What are your first impressions of Amanda, Clay, and their two children in the first several chapters of this novel, in terms of the types of people they are and what kind of moral foundations they follow? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your opinions.
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