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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. In Part 1, Chapter 5, what type of hat was a woman named Marg wearing?

2. When Erwin lived in an apartment before he met Sarah, what language did the landlord's mother speak?

3. When was Turk (Turlough) born?

4. In Part 2, Chapter 8, what time did Erwin put Hazel to bed at the Vornados' place in Montauk?

5. How long after Vikram hires Hazel as an analyst are they married?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the present, how do most of Turk and Hazel's complications play out?

2. What did Albert do at the end of Part 1, Chapter 3?

3. How did Hazel hurt herself in Part 1, Chapter 7?

4. What was Jane like when Sarah first met her?

5. What did guests to the Vornados' party have to endure to get to the party?

6. In Part 1, Chapter 2, where did Vikram leave Albert Caldwell?

7. How was Sarah trying to sell a new series of paintings to Jane and Bo?

8. What analogy is used to describe the trouble Albert had remembering things in Part 1, Chapter 3?

9. Why was Erwin not able to throw the burned fish down to the incinerator?

10. When Hazel woke at the Montauk house, what did she see when she looked outside?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? Why does it sometimes seem to be written from a third-person point of view? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 2

Hazel does not think that her life is real. Why does Hazel not think that her life is real? What does she believe might be between her and her real life? Is Hazel able to confront reality?

Essay Topic 3

John’s son drowned in a swimming pool. Why do John and Albert blame themselves and feel guilty for the death of the boy?

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