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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 might Nordstrom and Laura's divorce be described?

2. With what does Cochran come down?

3. What does Sonia tell Nordstrom to get?

4. What does Nordstrom do in this class?

5. With what does Tibyea lock Miryea in a bare room?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Nordstrom and Laura end up married?

2. What is happening to Cochran's cover story? What is done to try to save it?

3. What does Nordstrom do after most of Sonia's friends go off to a disco?

4. What happens after Tibey and Cochran's reconciliation?

5. How does Tibey learn of Cochran and Miryea?

6. Describe Nordstrom and Laura's relationship.

7. How do Nordstrom and Laura meet?

8. How does Nordstrom and Laura's marriage end?

9. How does Nordstrom try to fix his family?

10. What does the Aeromexico pilot's brother do for Cochran?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Isabel Two is shot and killed.

Part 1) How does this happen? How does Tristan react? What are the consequences for his actions? Is this surprising? Why or why not?

Part 2) How does her death affect the other characters? How does it specifically affect Susannah and Tristan? How does it affect the flow of the plot?

Part 3) How different would the plot be if she had not died? How might the outcome of the story be different if she had lived?

Essay Topic 2

These three stories have been put together in one book.

Part 1) What is a theme of each story? How is this a theme? How is each of these stories relevant today?

Part 2) What do these three stories have in common? Why are they found in the same book?

Part 3) What message does this book send to the reader? What is the purpose of this book?

Part 4) What are your thoughts about this book? How do these stories affect you?

Essay Topic 3

Nordstrom has a preoccupation with sexuality.

Part 1) How is this reflected in his relationships? What might cause this preoccupation?

Part 2) How does his sexuality change throughout the story? With what other events do these sexual or lack of sexual feelings parallel?

Part 3) Would you consider this preoccupation normal? Why or why not?

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