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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 Lisa MacPherson's job?

2. What did Jack use to make on the weekends when Cassie was a girl?

3. When Olive asks Isabelle to eat with her and the Chipmans, how long has Isabelle been at Maple Tree Apartments?

4. What is the name of the restaurant where Jack and Olive eat in Shirley Falls?

5. What trees are in the park where Fergus and the other men set up their Civil War encampment?

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the circumstances behind Olive's heart attack?

2. What happens to Fergus when Lisa is playing her documentary?

3. Who is Bob's ex-wife, and what is their relationship?

4. What is Olive's situation in "The Poet"?

5. What does Lisa MacPherson do and where does she live?

6. What did Jack tell Olive when they flew to Oslo, and she refused to fly first class?

7. What does the house look like where Henry grew up in Shirley Falls?

8. What is the main issue with the way that Fergus and Ethel live?

9. Where do Jim and Helen Burgess travel in "Exiles" and why?

10. Who does Jack see when he is in Shirley Falls with Olive, and what is that person doing there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Olive is the main character of the novel. What type of character is Olive? Why do people either like her or dislike her? What does Olive learn about herself in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Both Doyle and Dorie experience sexual abuse. How were Doyle and Dorie abused? How did the abuse affect them and how they lived their lives?

Essay Topic 3

Jack and Olive both have things in their past they would change if they could. What are things that Jack and Olive would change from their pasts? Why would they change those things if they could? Why do they have regret over those things in their lives?

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