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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. Why do Peg and Pete come to visit Cress?

2. What movie do Ulysses and Alys go to see together in Part III?

3. What statue does Claude like to sit on?

4. What does Evelyn eat with Ulysses and his crew at Michele's one of her first nights with them?

5. What does Evelyn teach?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Peg, Cress, Col, Pete, and Ulysses come into money again?

2. In Part IV, who goes to find Romy?

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

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

5. What does Ulysses lose in the flood?

6. Why does Evelyn propose going to Florence with Dotty in Part III?

7. Who does Alys end up meeting by chance in the train station in Florence who is connected to Evelyn?

8. Why does Romy's family leave Itay?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which characters in this novel live in ways that stretch the boundaries of society's expectations for them at the times and places that form the novel's settings? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Peggy's approach, feelings, and actions surrounding motherhood change throughout the novel, and why do they change? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

How does Winman describe the toll of the war on the main characters, but especially on Ulysses and Peg? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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