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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. Who was the winner of the 24 Hours of LeMans in 1949?

2. How old is Enzo in Chapter 37?

3. In Chapter 44, Denny's lawyer tries to convince Denny that dropping his custody claim would make what go away?

4. What is the name of the cemetery that Enzo and Denny go to in Chapter 36?

5. Trish and Maxwell are suing Denny for what in Chapter 29?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Where do Denny and Enzo begin walking in Chapter 36? How does Enzo describe the walk?

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

5. Describe the actions and emotional state of Denny in Chapter 35. Are Denny's actions redeemable?

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

7. How and why does Denny's legal team change in Chapter 45? What are the plans moving forward?

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

9. What does Enzo encounter when he is returned to Denny in Chapter 35? What do they do together?

10. What is the meaning of Enzo's metaphor to race car driving in Chapter 30?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe, analyze and discuss the characters of Mr. and Mrs. Swift in the novel. What is their interaction with Denny in Chapters 52 and 53? What redeeming qualities do the Swifts exhibit? How do they differ from Trish and Maxwell?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the narrative style of the novel. From whose perspective is the story related? What is unique about this point of view? Is this point of view omniscient or limited? Is the story related in the past, present, or future tense? What kind of personality does the narrator exhibit?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss the characters of Eve's relatives and Annika in the novel. How does Annika relate to Eve? What elements of foreshadowing are illustrated in Annika's character in Chapters 24 and 25? In what ways does the tension increase in these chapters? How does the author employ irony?

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