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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. About what does Frank tell Pollock?

2. How does the Wheelers' daughter, Jennifer, react to their move to Europe?

3. All four walk outside to the parking lot to discover what?

4. What does Mrs. Givings offer to find for the Wheelers?

5. April laughs at Frank and asks what?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What are Frank's concerns?

5. How does John act around the Wheelers?

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

7. How does Jennifer feel about moving to Europe?

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

9. How does April act as John leaves for work?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

April dies toward the end of the story.

Part 1) How does she die? Did you expect this to happen? Why or why not?

Part 2) Do you believe she had hoped to die, that in a way she committed suicide? Why or why not?

Part 3) What was the author's purpose in April's death? What message does this send to the reader?

Essay Topic 2

Frank and April decide to move to Paris.

Part 1) Why do they decide to move to Paris? Why might they have chosen Paris, rather than any other city?

Part 2) Why do they believe a move to Europe will fix their lives?

Part 3) How does this fantasy reflect real life?

Essay Topic 3

Frank cannot believe April is really dead.

Part 1) How does Frank grieve April's death? Why can he not accept that she has died?

Part 2) How has her death affected his life and the lives of his children?

Part 3) Will he eventually recover? Why or why not?

Part 4) How does his reaction to April's death affect the reader?

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