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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 is Lucas worried the visitor at the cabin in Chapter 3 might do?

2. Who do Lucas and Connor encounter in the park?

3. Why did Zoe not stop Lucas from taking her dogs running?

4. What "weird thing" does Lucas say in his letter to his brother Roy?

5. Who does Lucas meet the next time he visits the cabin, in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Libby Weller approaches Lucas after one of his runs?

2. Why is Connor upset when Lucas finds him sunning in his backyard?

3. What is his mother's response when Lucas tells her he saved someone's life?

4. How does Connor react when Lucas tells him about Zoe's past?

5. How does Lucas manage to save Zoe Dinsmore's life?

6. What does Lucas discover about Zoe when he shows up one morning and she is not at her cabin?

7. What advice does Zoe give Lucas about picking a movie?

8. What does Lucas discover about Zoe's past?

9. How does Zoe treat Lucas the first time they meet?

10. What prevents Lucas from asking Libby to go on a picnic with him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using Part I and Part II of the novel as evidence, write an essay in which you consider what the author seems to be saying about parents in the late 1960s.

Essay Topic 2

In an essay, explain how the author uses the novel's structure to develop one or more of its central themes.

Essay Topic 3

Choose one passage from Part I and one from Part II. Then write an essay in which you compare and contrast the tones of these two passages, looking specifically at elements such as diction, imagery, details, language, and syntax.

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