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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. Why is Stuart being held in the institution?

2. What convinced Pamela's parents to allow her to date the much older Jeff?

3. What landmark is featured in the gift that Pamela gives Jeff before he dies?

4. What troubling topic does Pamela bring up on her sailing trip with Jeff?

5. What do Jeff and Pam tell the government operative about the Middle East?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Jeff's college career when he returns from summer vacation in the replay where Pamela is much younger than Jeff.

2. How does Pamela find Jeff in Boston when she finally returns to her replay?

3. Briefly discuss Jeff's interviews with men who have endured isolation. Who were they and why did they choose to endure isolation?

4. What makes Jeff realize that his past lives are memories for him that never existed for the people in them?

5. After Jeff and Pamela fall in love, how do both use (or not use) foreknowledge in their careers? How does their love inspire them?

6. What is different about death for Jeff and Pamela after they have fallen in love in their first life together?

7. What glitch occurs when Jeff sets out to rekindle his relationship with Pamela after they re-enter their first replay?

8. What agreement do Jeff and Pamela work out with a U. S. government operative?

9. What are Pamela's emotions as she sends her children away from Jeff's farm to return to their father?

10. Jeff and Pamela try to make big, positive changes once they go public with their predictions. Do these changes seem to work?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What methods and writing techniques does the author use to get readers to empathize with William and Abel? Use examples from the book to help support your position.

Essay Topic 2

Define foreshadowing in your essay. Identify and discuss three points of foreshadowing from the novel. Did the author use foreshadowing effectively? Why or why not? Use examples from the novel to support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Define exposition and discuss exposition as used in this novel. What does the reader learn from the exposition used in Replay? Is the information consistent throughout the book or does it change? Explain your answer and reasoning.

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