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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 Eve do when the nurse who is hired to care for her puts Enzo in the garage one night?

2. What is the name of Denny's wife in the novel?

3. Watkins Glen International is an auto race track located in what state?

4. What has been the most popular breed of dog by registered ownership in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States since 1991?

5. In Chapter 8, Enzo recounts the happenings of what day in summer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What obstacles does Denny face against Trish and Maxwell in Chapter 23? What are their motives?

2. How does Enzo describe his feelings about Eve in Chapter 6? How have his feelings changed?

3. What do Enzo's thoughts and actions while he is left alone reveal about his character in Chapter 11?

4. How does the title of the book arise in Chapter 8? How does Enzo internalize Denny's comment?

5. What does Denny propose to Eve in Chapter 16? What is Eve's response?

6. How has the relationship between Enzo and Eve evolved in Chapter 12? What do Eve's fears reveal about her character?

7. What does Enzo spend a summer day doing in Chapter 8? What advice does Denny relate?

8. What is discussed regarding reincarnation in the early chapters of the book? What is foreshadowed in the early chapters regarding this theme?

9. How does Enzo's relationship with Eve develop in Chapter 7?

10. What are Enzo's views on television? What channels does he particularly enjoy and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the actions and objectives of Maxwell and Trish. What do Eve's parents hope to attain through the trial and why? Also describe the changes in Denny's legal team in Chapters 44 and 45. How does Mr. Lawrence's approach to Denny's trial differ from Mark Fein's?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the events in Chapters 22 and 23 and their significance to the plot of the narrative. How is foreshadowing used in this section of the narrative? What is foreshadowed by Maxwell and Trish taking Eve and Zoë into their home? How does Denny feel about the situation?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze the character of Eve in the novel. How does Enzo feel about Eve when they first meet? How does Eve feel about Enzo? How does this relationship evolve in the course of the reading? What are Eve's feelings regarding her parents? How is her relationship with Denny described?

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