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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 John give up?

2. What does John introduce Kate as at the end of the chapter?

3. What does John give Kate at the end of the book?

4. What does John really want to do with his life?

5. What is Kate scared of?

Short Essay Questions

1. What ruins the trip?

2. What does the reader learn about Aunt Emily?

3. How does John treat Kate?

4. When John talks to Kate, what does she say she was really trying to do?

5. Why does Kate want to go to Chicago with John?

6. Who is waiting for John when he arrives at Aunt Emily's house?

7. Does John enjoy seeing Harold?

8. What does John ask Kate to deliver for him?

9. What has happened since John last saw Kate?

10. Why is Kate so angry with John?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1. Examine the friendship that Kate and John have before they are married.

2. Does their relationship ever turn physical before they get married? Do you think the fact that they lack a physical relationship will cause their relationship to fail?

3. How does the relationship change after Kate and John are married. Describe their new relationship.

Essay Topic 2

1. John and Lonnie have a special way of communicating with one another that no one else understands. How do the two brothers communicate with one another?

2. How do movies play apart in the relationship that the brothers share? Explain why Lonnie might to relate to movies the way John does.

3. Why is death a focus in their relationship?

Essay Topic 3

Which theme did you think was the most important in the book?

Describe the theme and give three examples of times that it is explored by the characters in the novel.

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