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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 Theo ask his nieces to do?

2. Who calls Mimi's and Ben's house on New Year's Eve in 1999?

3. In Part IV, what does Ben say about Theo's and Sarah's choice not to tell him Mimi was missing immediately?

4. What does Sarah feel after the car accident?

5. What does Shenkman tell Waldo about the situation with the house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Shenkman do when he first meets Theo?

2. In 2014, what doe Theo especially love?

3. What does Ben tell Waldo about his night in the playhouse with Mimi?

4. How does Shenkman use exercise?

5. What does Alice do after Waldo runs away?

6. What does Ben later learn about his decision to move Misty Zimmerman out of the car?

7. What does Shenkman realize in Part III when he goes to check on Waldo in the morning?

8. Why do Sarah and Ben decide not to wake Ben when they find out Mimi is missing?

9. What does Mimi think about Ben's temperament?

10. What does Ben remember about how Sarah was in high school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who decides not to speak about Theo's and Sarah's car accident, and how does this decision affect the Wilf family? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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