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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 does Frank chuckle as he storms out of the bistro?

2. With spring approaching, what does Shep recall?

3. What does April do with what she has retrieved?

4. Why do the Wheelers consult the calendar?

5. How does Frank counter April's comments and questions?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the Campbells and Wheelers do when they are bored with each other's company?

2. What do the Wheelers figure about? How does Frank respond to this information?

3. What reactions do the Wheelers receive when they announce they have decided not to move to France?

4. What does April do with the letter she had written John?

5. How does John act on his way in the car to the Wheelers'?

6. How did Milly feel about selling the house to the Brace family?

7. What does April repeatedly ask Frank? What does she wonder about Frank?

8. How does Shep try to help the Wheelers?

9. How does John act around the Wheelers?

10. What are Frank's concerns?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

John speaks the truth.

Part 1) How does John's insanity affect his behavior? How does his behavior affect the others? Why?

Part 2) Do his actions and words reveal him to be insane? Why or why not?

Part 3) What would the world be like if more people spoke the truth, like John?

Essay Topic 3

Shep Campbell seems to be a stereotype of male chauvinism.

Part 1) How is Shep Campbell a stereotypical male chauvinist?

Part 2) What is the purpose of this?

Part 3) Why does he fantasize about April? What attracts her to him, as well?

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