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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 Waldo show Mimi to calm her down?

2. What is Theo's and Sarah's last name?

3. What does Waldo do that is drastic in Part I?

4. What does Waldo take with him when he leaves his house?

5. Why does the driver crash the car?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sarah call Theo panicked in Part I?

2. Why does Sarah tell everyone she was driving instead of Theo?

3. What does Waldo show Mimi that calms her?

4. What does Theo do for a living?

5. What causes the car accident?

6. What does Ben Wilf do after the car accident that he regrets?

7. Where does Mimi end up when she wanders away from the nursing home?

8. What does Waldo do to try to help Mimi?

9. In Part II, why does Waldo run away?

10. Who is Mimi looking for when she walks away from her nursing home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which characters, if any, reach a kind of redemption at the end of the novel? In what ways? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think Shapiro chooses to switch her focus between the Shenkman family and the Wilf family? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does Shapiro incorporate elements of the supernatural into her novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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