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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 does Megan intend to have a passel of when she settles down?

2. What does Patrick say must be the life expectancy of Megan's boyfriends?

3. How long have Tilly and Lenny been sweethearts?

4. What piece of equipment is located in Patrick's bedroom?

5. How does Megan get Patrick to wake up?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Megan justify the TV being located in Pat's room?

2. Who do Megan and Patrick make toasts to in Chapter 6?

3. What does Patrick tell Dave is the reason Megan wanted to marry him?

4. What does Megan think Patrick's house would be a perfect setting for?

5. Though she has been engaged twice before, in Chapter 6 what does Megan note she has never done before?

6. Why does Dave challenge Patrick to a competition?

7. Why did Tilly move to Williamsburg?

8. How does Timmy interrupt Megan and Pat's romantic evening, and why?

9. Explain Megan's failed college engagement.

10. Why does Patrick put the animated film on the TV first?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Megan and Patrick have many ups and downs throughout the narrative. Discuss conflict in the novel "Thanksgiving". What are some common reasons for conflict between the leads? How do they resolve them?

Essay Topic 2

The novel, "Thanksgiving" is set in present-day Williamsburg, Virgina. Discuss how the setting contributes to and influences the plot of the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Evanovich uses humorous dialogue and situations often in the novel "Thanksgiving". What effect does this humorous tone have on the novel and how would it be different if the novel were told in a more serious light?

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