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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 martial arts star does Enzo know is buried at the cemetery he goes to with Denny in Chapter 36?

2. Denny explains to whom the consequences of her filing charges and how he may lose his daughter altogether in Chapter 51?

3. Who arrives to take a very sad and disheartened Zoë back to Maxwell and Trish in Chapter 40?

4. What is Denny arrested for in Chapter 32?

5. Mark Fein gives Denny how long to settle his account in Chapter 43?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Denny discover about Zoë in Chapter 42? What leads to this discovery?

2. What does Denny's lawyer try to convince him to do in Chapter 43? How is the case against Denny building?

3. What is foreshadowed by the change in narrative voice in Chapter 54? What is revealed by the narrator?

4. What does Enzo discover about Trish's motivations and thoughts in Chapter 39?

5. How are Denny's parents introduced in Chapter 52? How do they compare with Trish and Maxwell?

6. What does Denny tell Zoë when he is banned from seeing her in Chapter 38? In what ways do they communicate during this time?

7. What redeeming change do Denny's parents undergo in Chapter 53?

8. What does Enzo learn of Zoë's emotions and desires in Chapter 39?

9. What is the purpose of Enzo's story of Ayrton Senna in Chapter 47?

10. How does Enzo relate to Denny's time in jail in Chapter 34?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze Enzo as the protagonist of the novel. How is Enzo's nature revealed in Chapters 10 and 11? How does Enzo reflect complexity and multi-dimensionality as a character? What heroic qualities does he exhibit? How does Enzo's character evolve in the course of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze the characters of Mike and Tony and Enzo's experiences staying with them. How does Enzo feel about these characters? How do Mike and Tony relate to Enzo and to Denny? What does Enzo learn from the incident with his favorite toy?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the theme of circular progress in the narrative. How is this theme exhibited through Enzo's revelations of the forest? How is this theme illustrated in the novel's plot structure? How does Enzo view the paradox of life and death?

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