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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 Ben send Shenkman back over to his own house for?

2. What does Theo struggle with throughout his life?

3. What sense of Theo's is particularly good?

4. What does Waldo's mother do for a living?

5. What does Ben do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who does Mimi think Waldo is?

3. What promise does Shenkman make with God when Waldo is born?

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

5. What does Waldo show Mimi that calms her?

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

7. What does Waldo show Ben in 2010?

8. What does Sarah ask for at Ben's house in Part I?

9. Where is Ben going to live when he moves out of his longtime family home?

10. What does Theo do for a living?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Shapiro develop the topic of guilt and its implications in different characters' lives throughout the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How do Sarah's decisions the night of the accident affect her life path for decades following it? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What event brings Theo, Sarah, and Ben back together and how do all three characters change because of it? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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