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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 Tom eating at the beginning of Chapter 7?

2. What month was it when Tom fell and hurt himself?

3. What is the name of the police officer who takes Tom's report of stolen tools?

4. What is the name of Tom's taxi driver in Chapter 17?

5. What color hoodie is Brian wearing when he beats up Tom in Chapter 14?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Tom's car get impounded, and what does he need to get it back?

2. What plans did Tom have before Ronnie told him she was seeing someone?

3. What does Detective Flatley tell Tom when he calls her in Chapter 15?

4. How does Tom judge Trina?

5. What does Tom decide to sell and what price does he negotiate?

6. Who cooked dinner after Tom's wife, Ronnie started graduate school?

7. In Chapter 13, what does Tom do when he sees Brian?

8. Why does Tom think Fitz stole his tools?

9. How was Tom inured?

10. When Tom was building his house, how would he spend his evenings?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the first part of Such Kindness, Tom judges Trina and her choices. Why does Tom judge Trina and the choices she has made?

Essay Topic 2

Tom has a conversation with Mel about their children, their ex-spouses, and their lives. What is communicated about the ways that men and women show love through their conversation?

Essay Topic 3

Tom considers himself to be a worker. What is Tom’s attitude toward work? Did Tom work hard or was he a workaholic before his accident?

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