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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. Who paid for Col's flight home?

2. How does Evelyn finally find Ulysses?

3. What does Evelyn teach?

4. What does Cress say he feels like he was in a previous life?

5. Where does Col bring Peg after she is released from the hospital?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in Florence in Part IV that changes life there forever?

2. What does Alys turn out to be talented at?

3. How does Ulysses get new molds make for his work?

4. Why does Romy's family leave Itay?

5. What gives Cress's life new vitality and meaning in Part III?

6. How does Evelyn finally find Ulysses?

7. What does Des bring when he comes to Florence in Part IV?

8. What does Ulysses lose in the flood?

9. What does Jem give to Evelyn in Part III that has great significance to her?

10. What does Massimo eventually share about himself with Ulysses and Cress?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Winman use dialogue throughout the novel, but especially in its early stages, to set the tone and the reader's expectations? Write a journal entry explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think Winman chose to write Still Life from the third-person omniscient perspective, and how does this perspective affect the reader's experience of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What does Winman describe as the foundations of Ulysses's and Evelyn's unique, albeit brief, intense connection? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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