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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 Nadia was younger, what did she used to do to Rachel?

2. Who is Frankie's ticket to moving out of her childhood home?

3. Who lives with Rachel?

4. What does Bud do as his first job after fleeing to Lizzie's apartment?

5. How does Bud describe himself when he was in elementary school?

Short Essay Questions

1. After his medical treatments, what does Saul do when he arrives back home?

2. By the end of Chapter 4, how does Rachel feel about her brother moving back in with Kirk and now Ethan?

3. How does Tara describe her parents' relationship with money?

4. What does Saul tell Rachel is one reason why Kirk wants them to break up after Saul is diagnosed with cancer?

5. What does Bud learn about from his childhood friendship with Sally?

6. When Bud brings a date, Phoebe, to his sister's wedding, what does she say to his family?

7. How does Bud describe his relationship with Sally?

8. How does Rachel react to the news that her brother's boyfriend, Kirk, is making him leave his apartment?

9. What things during dinner with his father does Bud learn about the world?

10. After Matthew gets his job at Devils Postpile National Monument, what do he and Frankie argue about?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Joe expresses that his mother was a Buddhist yet was "bribing the cycle of karma with petty cash" (80). Write an essay analyzing Joe and his mother's relationship with Buddhism in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay explaining the shift in Saul's perspective about his illness. How did he find happiness during his sickness? What was the importance of Kirk and Ethan's support and Nadia and Rachel's support?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay summarizing why Tara and her family ended up leaving Kathmandu. Then, explain how Tara's life might have been different if she and her family had never left Kathmandu.

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