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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. When Will leaves the greenhouse and goes out to his car, where has Allison parked it?

2. What animal does Will keep dreaming of in the cave?

3. Will thinks that you don't actually learn anything in life that you didn't already know at what age?

4. What errand does Will ask Allison to do that she's nervous about?

5. Whose deathbed quote comes to Will's mind as he looks at himself in the Mercedes rearview mirror?

Short Essay Questions

1. What plan do Allison and Will make for their futures?

2. What makes Allison feel like she needs another person in her life?

3. What urgent message does Bernie have for Will when Will gets back home after being away in the cave and the greenhouse?

4. What are the two things that Will has to tell Allison when he returns to the greenhouse?

5. What happens to Will's guns at the end of the novel?

6. Why does Will get into a fight with Kitty at the nursing home?

7. When Will sees himself in the mirror of his Mercedes after leaving the greenhouse, what does he think he looks like?

8. How does Allison find Will?

9. After Will falls into the greenhouse, what is it that makes Allison think she knows who he is before she sees his face?

10. Where does Will take Allison when they leave the greenhouse?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Several of the characters in the novel are very religious; two are men of the cloth. Discuss the significance of religion in the novel. Does religion help shape the plot? Does it play a major role in the character development? What about the central conflict of the novel? Does religion play a role in that as well?

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