View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Wilbur's presidency become irrelevant?

2. What is Wilbur's family newspaper called?

3. What battle do Wilbur and Vera discuss?

4. What do Wilbur and Eliza write together, during their reunion?

5. How does Wilbur learn of Eliza's trip to China?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mashuri invent?

2. When Wilbur lights all of the candles Vera gives him for his birthday, he says he feels like what?

3. Walter finds it disturbing to be around the religious members of the kidnapped Jesus cult for what reason?

4. When Wilbur attends a Daffodil meeting, what surprises him?

5. On his way to speak with the dead, why does Wilbur stop by Indianapolis?

6. What does the new religious cult believe?

7. When Wilbur finishes speaking with Eliza in the afterlife, what does he plan to do and why?

8. What does a meeting at the Thirteen Club look like?

9. What scientific discovery has been made by Dr. von Peterswald?

10. Why does Sophie object to her new middle name?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the qualities of the women that appear throughout Wilbur's life.

1) Which women affect him?

2) Which women does he affect?

3) How do these women influence Wilbur's life?

Essay Topic 2

When Wilbur and Eliza's parents visit them for their 15th birthday, the visit does not go as planned. Write an essay examining why this visit forced the circumstances of the children to change.

1) How does a typical birthday celebration play out for Wilbur and Eliza?

2) Why was this birthday different?

3) Why are the characters prompted to change.

Essay Topic 3

Dr. Mott affects Wilbur's life in several different ways. Write an essay examining the impact Dr. Mott made on Wilbur's life.

1) What was Dr. Mott's role in Wilbur's life?

2) Why did Dr. Mott leave such a strong impression on Wilbur?

3) How does Dr. Mott shape Wilbur's future?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 586 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample