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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is special about the way Lonnie and John communicate?
(a) They use sign language.
(b) They communicate beyond words.
(c) They speak pig latin.
(d) They are psychic.

2. What do John's siblings spend the rest of the afternoon doing?
(a) water skiing.
(b) playing baseball.
(c) hiiking.
(d) swiming.

3. What body part is in pain after the accident?
(a) His shoulder.
(b) His hand.
(c) His thigh.
(d) His knee.

4. When does Kate think people are "real" with one another?
(a) During illness, disaster, or death.
(b) When they are the most successful.
(c) During times of depression.
(d) When they are the nicest.

5. Who did John like to be when he was a child?
(a) Ed.
(b) Jameson.
(c) Walter.
(d) Jules.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kate think about his problems?

2. What is Walter too busy with to attend to Kate?

3. How is Emily related to John?

4. What is Sharon's roommate's name?

5. Who does John run into after lunch (at the library)?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is John searching for as the novel begins?

2. What does John suffer from?

3. Where does John ask Sharon to go with him?

4. What becomes clear about John and Kate's relationship?

5. What does John do in order to escape from his life?

6. What does Sharon try to establish about the trip?

7. What is very apparent about John and Aunt Emily's relationship?

8. What does John begin to plan on his way back to the office?

9. Does Kate understand John's quest?

10. Why is Lonnie fasting?

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