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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. In Chapter 20, what birds does Niall show Franny in a video?

2. What was the name of Franny's paternal grandmother?

3. Where does Franny sleep at the end of Chapter 19?

4. In Chapter 16, how many hotel rooms do Franny and the crew have?

5. In Chapter 19, what is Basil cooking?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Franny do at the beginning of Chapter 15 when she was in Limerick Prison?

2. Who was FInnegan, and how did he die?

3. What starts to fail on the ship in Chapter 21?

4. What is Ushuaia, and why does Ennis take the Saghani there?

5. What did Niall and Franny do for their first annivesary in Chapter 22?

6. What did Niall say about her mother and the search for what happened to her?

7. In Chapter 21, what is Franny surprised to see in the water?

8. How did Franny try to deal with her sleepwaking after her marriage?

9. In Chapter 16, who tries to attack Franny and why?

10. What did Franny learn when she and Niall visited John Torpey?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Franny and Niall visit John Torpey. What does Franny learn about herself from Torpey? How does the information Torpey provides that give Franny insight into family and herself?

Essay Topic 2

Niall’s told Franny that he had an unhappy childhood. What type of relationship did Niall have with his parents? Did he have a stronger or better relationship with one parent or the other? How did his relationship with his parents affect his memories of his childhood?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

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