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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 has Lenny studied in the Navy?

2. What does Patrick ask Megan to get him when he wakes up in the morning?

3. Who owns the house Patrick is living in?

4. As an adult, how many times has Megan been engaged?

5. Where are Tilly and Lenny from?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Megan wake Patrick up when she realizes he is late for work?

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

4. Describe Dave, Megan's former fiance.

5. What does Megan do on Thanksgiving morning?

6. What does Patrick give Megan in hopes of relieving her grief over Timmy leaving?

7. What does Megan admit to looking at the night of her first date with Patrick?

8. Explain Megan's failed college engagement.

9. Why does Dave challenge Patrick to a competition?

10. What has Megan felt a compulsion to do since she was a child?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the novel "Thanksgiving", there are two protagonists; Megan Murphy and Patrick Hunter. Describe these two characters in detail and the relationship between them.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Dave as Patrick's foil.

Essay Topic 3

What moment in the novel is considered the climax of the novel "Thanksgiving" and why?

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