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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 Kitty ask Will to do?

2. Whose portrait towers above the men in the clubhouse at the golf course?

3. Why is it important that Allison read what is in the notebook?

4. What word does Will tell Allison that she needs to know?

5. What is NOT one of the things that Will thinks when the shot is first fired into the garage?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Allison refuse Will's help in moving the stove?

2. What information does Allison's notebook contain?

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

4. What happy discovery does Allison make when she gets the stove out of the cellar?

5. What is important about the hunting trip with his father that Will remembers during his golf game?

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

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

8. When Allison's parents have a conference alone with Dr. Duk, what does she find out that instigates her escape?

9. What does Will think his father was trying to tell him on that hunting trip?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Several times in the novel other characters, even his own daughter, suggest that Will married Marion for her money, but through Will's internal dialogue he seems to state otherwise. What is your opinion? Do you think Will is telling the truth or is he just trying to cover his actions with good intentions? Write an essay arguing whether you think Will married for love or for money, using examples from the text to support your point.

Essay Topic 2

What do you think the title, The Second Coming signifies? Write an essay explaining what you think the author is referring to in the title, providing examples from the text to support your thesis.

Essay Topic 3

Money can't buy happiness, but as some of the characters in the novel show, it can certainly buy other things. Discuss the theme of wealth in the novel, using Will, Allison, and Jack Curl to show how their different attitudes towards money provide different perspectives in the novel. Provide specific examples from the text to support your argument.

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