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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 is the name of the cafe where the four tourists have their final lunch?

2. What does Bill wonder and speak to Andy about?

3. What news does Fiona receive in the email that Georgi gives her?

4. Before Vonni and Andreas go to the tavern to make dolmades, what does Vonni ask Andreas to not let her do?

5. How does Shirley describe her love for Bill?

Short Essay Questions

1. Once he reaches Athens, what thoughts does Shane have about Fiona?

2. What advice does Thomas receive from his mother?

3. How do the local fisherman react to the tourists' presence at the funeral?

4. Why does Adonis choose not to call his father, Andreas?

5. What change do the others notice in Fiona?

6. How is Vonni causing tension with both the locals and the tourists?

7. What do Thomas and Vonni discover that they have in common at the end of Chapter 10?

8. What does Fiona write about in the letter to her mother?

9. What event causes Fiona to leave Shane for good?

10. How does Andreas try to comfort Vonni?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Each character often indicates that he or she thinks that the problems of others are much less complicated than their own. Cite one character from the novel and how he or she minimizes the problems of others and how this affects his or her relationships with others.

Essay Topic 2

How do the temporary residences of the four tourists mirror their personalities? What insight can the reader gain into these characters by examining where they have chosen to stay on vacation?

Essay Topic 3

Some of the characters seem to struggle with poor self-esteem. Choose one character and describe his or her self-image.

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