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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. Why is Ben unsettled after delivering Waldo in Part III?

2. What did Shenkman's father do for a living?

3. When does Ben first realize Mimi has dementia?

4. Whose funeral do the Wilf's attend after the car accident?

5. Where is Shenkman going to go after leaving Avalon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Alice do after Waldo runs away?

2. What does Theo name his second restaurant that he opens?

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

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

5. When does Ben realize Mimi is developing dementia?

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

7. Who calls Mimi and Ben on New Year's Eve in 1999 that makes them very emotional?

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

9. What does the man Sarah is having an affair threaten her with?

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

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

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

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.

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