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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 do the Wheelers have long discussions in exotic restaurants and on long drives through the woods and in New York?

2. What haunts Helen Givings?

3. April laughs at Frank and asks what?

4. What does April tell Shep she missed out on?

5. What does Mrs. Givings buy for companionship and to help heal the emotional scars of the Wheelers' tragedy?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Shep try to help the Wheelers?

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

3. How does Frank react when April does not seem to think that what John said was insane?

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

5. What are Frank's concerns?

6. How does Frank act, once the Givings leave?

7. How does Jennifer feel about moving to Europe?

8. What does Norma tell Frank?

9. What does Milly recount about the final resolution of the Wheeler family?

10. For what does Pollock praise Frank?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Flashbacks are used throughout the story.

Part 1) Describe two of these flashbacks.

Part 2) What do these flashbacks reveal about the various characters? How do they help the reader to better understand events that take place in the story?

Part 3) How do flashbacks keep a reader engaged? Are these flashbacks also engaging or do they hinder the plot and flow of the story? Why?

Essay Topic 2

The play begins with a community theater production of a play.

Part 1) What is the purpose of this play, regarding this story?

Part 2) What is learned about the various characters? Why is this important?

Part 3) How does the audience's reaction to the play mimic the feelings of the actors?

Part 4) What does this section of the book reveal about the Wheelers' relationship?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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