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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 Allison show Will on his second visit?

2. According to the author, what claim to fame does Linwood, North Carolina have?

3. How does Allison think she can make a living?

4. What memory is triggered for Will when he's hunting out of bounds balls during the fivesome game of golf?

5. What does Lewis Peckham show Will when they are looking for one of his out of bounds balls?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the self-discovery that Allison makes before she goes to Linwood?

2. What does Allison tell Will when he tells her he's been falling down a lot lately?

3. What is it that Will Barrett realizes when he falls down during the golf game at the opening of the novel?

4. What makes Allison ask Will if he is still angry?

5. What is Will unhappy about during the game of golf with Ed Cupp, Bernie Peabody, Lewis Peckham, and Jimmy Rogers?

6. Why is Allison hesitant to take the gift Will brings her?

7. Why doesn't Will do anything about the poacher on his land?

8. What does Lewis think is wrong with Will?

9. How do Allison and Will meet the first time?

10. How does Allison find out where her aunt's estate is?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dysfunctional relationships abound in the novel, The Second Coming, from the relationship that Will had with his recently deceased wife, Marion, to Allison's parents, Kitty and Walter's relationship. Will and Allison are understandably hesitant about the idea of love and marriage. Write an essay discussing the theme of love and marriage in the novel, comparing the views of several characters on love and marriage. Choose at least three characters to compare and contrast, providing examples from the text to support your argument.

Essay Topic 2

Will goes into the cave in search of an answer from God regarding his existence. Do you think he gets an answer? Why or why not? Use passages from the novel to support your argument.

Essay Topic 3

Will and Allison both have epiphanies in the beginning of the novel, each realizing something important about life that will shape how that character reacts throughout the rest of the novel. Write an essay in which you discuss what Will and Allison each discover about life and how each character's discovery affects his or her relationships throughout the rest of the novel.

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