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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 Alice do with Waldo on the way home from Playhouse Heaven?

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

3. What kind of car do Sarah and Theo drive when they go looking for Mimi in Part III?

4. What does Mimi find herself repeating in her mind immediately after the car accident?

5. What does Waldo say he tried to do for Mimi?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Waldo say is watching over him and Mimi?

2. How does Shenkman use exercise?

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

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

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

6. What does Waldo think he sees when Mimi dies?

7. Where does Ben think Mimi might have gone?

8. What do Ben and Sarah do to look for Mimi?

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

10. In 2014, what doe Theo especially love?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Shapiro harness the event of Alice Shenkman's precipitous labor to develop Ben Wilf's character early in the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Theo decide to leave the Wilf family and travel, with barely any contact for several years, following the accident? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Shapiro handle the topic of addiction? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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