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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. In his instructions for the next leg of the journey, where does Joley direct Jane?

2. How does Jane feel when Oliver stops having sex with her?

3. Rebecca spies on Sam and Jane who are where?

4. How does Joley repay Jane, who rescued him from jail and kept in touch with him during his years of wanderlust?

5. At a diner, how do Jane and Rebecca introduce themselves?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Jane and Rebecca's role reversed?

2. How does Oliver feel about his abilities at intercepting Jane and Rebecca?

3. Why do Sam, Hadley, and Joley tell stupid jokes?

4. Why does Joley help Jane?

5. What takes place during Sam and Joley's conversation?

6. Where do Oliver and Jane long to be?

7. Where does Jane go after the plane crash? What takes place here?

8. How does Jane feel about her father's death?

9. How does Jane end up covered in manure?

10. What happens after Jane and Rebecca speed past Ernie Barb?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are references to Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden.

Part 1) When is there reference to Adam and Eve and the Garden of Eden? Is this reference direct or indirect? Explain.

Part 2) What is the purpose of this reference? How does it affect the rest of the story?

Part 3) What message is sent to the audience through this reference? Must one have knowledge of this Biblical story to fully understand this novel? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

There is a telepathic connection between Jane and Joley.

Part 1) How do you know this?

Part 2) How has this connection come about? How does their past help bind these two characters together?

Part 3) How does the close relationship between these two characters affect their relationships with others? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Role-reversals take place between Jane and Rebecca.

Part 1) Describe Jane and Rebecca. When do they reverse roles? Are you surprised by these role-reversals? Why or why not?

Part 2) How do these reversals reveal more about each of these characters? How do the histories of these characters play into this role-reversal?

Part 3) How do these reversal of roles affect other characters in the book? Why?

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