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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 condition was the stranger in that Pamela and Jeff go visit when he began to replay his own life the first three times?

2. What unusual attribute do the people have in the gift that Pamela gives Jeff before he dies?

3. When is Stuart released from the institution?

4. What do Jeff and Pam do shortly before Jeff's fourth death?

5. Who was the Nobel-prize winning author Jeff interviews for a book?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Stuart's life until his first death in 1988.

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

3. Jeff dies while in a good relationship with Linda then is replayed into a failed marriage with her. What has changed and what does Jeff do?

4. Why is Jeff's farm a special place for Jeff and Pamela?

5. Describe Stuart's offering of appeasement as he explains it to Jeff and Pamela.

6. What was Pamela's second film and why was it a flop?

7. What does Stuart tell Jeff and Pamela about the aliens?

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

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

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

Discuss the differences between major and minor characters in literature. Discuss Jeff and Pamela as major characters and select two other characters to analyze as minor characters. How do the major and minor characters fit your definition?

Essay Topic 2

What is an antagonist? Discuss the role of the antagonist of this novel in detail, relating the antagonist specifically to the type of conflict featured. Cite the text to support your position.

Essay Topic 3

Name and define the five types of conflict. Which conflict prevailed in this novel? Explain the conflict in detail, using both the definition and examples from Replay to support your claims.

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