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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. Enzo realizes that he and Eve are very much alike in their distrust of whom, in Chapter 37?

2. What does Enzo do with the custody papers in Chapter 49?

3. When was the Ferrari company established?

4. In Chapter 44, Denny's lawyer tell him that Denny would be better able to pursue his racing career dreams if what?

5. In Chapter 32, Denny takes Enzo to his work where?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is the character of Mrs. Swift further developed through Denny's discussion in Chapter 55?

3. How old is Enzo in Chapter 37? In what ways are his age starting to be felt?

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

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

6. What happens when Denny goes to sign the custody papers in Chapter 48? What does Enzo do and why?

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

8. In what ways does the plot progress in Chapter 29? What actions and motivations are revealed in this chapter?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss the themes of death and grief in the novel. How do Eve's husband and daughter deal with her demise? How does Enzo deal with the death of Eve? How does he relate this death to his own impending demise?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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