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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. Who is Miss Reillen?

2. How does John describe Mr. Pignati after their first meeting?

3. What is one thing that John says he likes about Mr. Pignati?

4. What does Mr. Pignati offer John and Lorraine, who are posing as charity workers, after he invites them into his house?

5. Lorraine notices that John lies to his family but his family ______.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does John feel that everything he does at home is wrong?

2. Can the reader figure out the fate of Mr. Pignati from the first chapter?

3. What do John and Lorraine gained through Mr. Pignati's death?

4. Mr. Pignati spends a week recovering at the hospital. By the end of that week, how are Lorraine and John treating each other?

5. Describe the picture of her parents that Lorraine keeps.

6. Describe Lorraine's relationship with her mother.

7. Explain how John and Lorraine end up having their first kiss.

8. What reason does Lorraine give for John wanting to be an actor?

9. How does Lorraine describe John?

10. What does the reader learn about John's feelings after Mr. Pignati dies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain, in detail, what makes Mr. Pignati a tragic figure in this story. How does his suffering help other characters grow?

Essay Topic 2

Perhaps more than any other character, Lorraine experiences a great measure of internal conflict. Explain how the following internal conflicts arise for Lorraine. How she deals with each one? In each instance, does she find a resolution to the conflict?

1. Doing what's right versus following John.

2. Having fun versus treating others with respect.

3. Being angry with her mother versus sympathizing with her mother's hard life.

Essay Topic 3

1. Compare and contrast the personalities, behavior, attitudes, and outlooks of John and Lorraine. In what ways are these two characters different? How are they similar?

2. What draws them to each other?

3. How do these two complementary characters balance each other? Keep each other grounded? Expand one another's horizons?

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