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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. Where does he stop next?

2. What does Joe do?

3. What do the boys tell Joe?

4. Who greets him at the entrance?

5. What grounds him again?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sensations assault him as he is in the throws of an attack of this nature?

2. What does Joe learn when he goes to the Vadence house?

3. What did Dewey give Joe on his way in, and how is it relevant?

4. What do the two young men who approach him and ask him if he is holding bring to his attention?

5. What is the culmination of the day's events in Joe's life?

6. Who is at the Delmann house, and what surprises does she reveal?

7. What unusual event occurs at the cemetery when Joe finally musters the strength to face his family's resting place?

8. How does Joe try to verify Rose?

9. Why is being back in his old office and cubicle so difficult for Joe?

10. Who is the only person that seems to understand the way Joe feels, and is his lifeline?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How are rage and grief linked? What associates these two emotions and why? Joe is barely in control of himself. How does this manifest itself? What indicators are there that point to a secondary causative as opposed to a simple response to the stimuli at hand? What steps does Joe take to attempt to bring this under control? Are these steps effective? Why or why not? Explain what Joe could be doing to help him through this time more effectively.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Joe have difficulty when he tries to withdraw more than usual from his own bank account? What kind of reception does he get from both the teller and the branch manager, despite the fact that they both know him by sight? How is that in direct contradiction from the behavior of any savings institution when money is being deposited? Why is there this kind of altered attitude?

Essay Topic 3

What questions does Joe have regarding the afterlife? What is an afterlife and why is it so important to Joe and to other family members of the victims of the crash of flight 353? What is the likelihood that an afterlife exists? Do you believe in an afterlife? What is the definition of a soul? Do our souls have the ability to carry on without the vessel of our body? If so, in what state do you believe this occurs? What do you believe happens when our bodies no longer support us?

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