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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 does Helen recall about April?

2. For what does April apologize again?

3. How did Frank respond when April did not consult him with her plans?

4. What does Frank say when April asks for his forgiveness?

5. What does Frank say has become a kind of national religion?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Frank react to April's mood?

2. How does April feel after the play? How does this affect her relationship with her husband?

3. What is significant about this trip to New York City?

4. What does the Knox Building represent?

5. Describe Frank's first visit to this building.

6. With what does Frank struggle?

7. How does the decision to move to Paris affect the Wheelers?

8. How does Frank's mood affect his productivity?

9. What do the Wheelers do as they nurture and cherish their plan to move to Europe?

10. How did Frank and April's relationship begin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The final chapter reveals the various characters dealing with the death of April.

Part 1) How do each of the characters grieve for April? What does this grief reveal about each of them?

Part 2) How do these varying forms of grief reflect how death affects people in real life?

Part 3) How might April feel if she could see her family and neighbors at this point? Use the story to support your response.

Essay Topic 2

The author quickly reveals the flaws in the various characters.

Part 1) How are these characters first perceived? How are their flaws soon revealed?

Part 2) What is the purpose of the revelation?

Part 3) How do these flaws give the reader a sense of what is to come?

Essay Topic 3

The issue of sanity is raised.

Part 1) How is this issue raised?

Part 2) Who would you consider to be insane? Why?

Part 3) What is the purpose of blurring the line between sanity and insanity?

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