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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 3, who did Albert remember scratching his head while he watched dust devils?

2. In Part 2, Chapter 8, how long did Bo, Feeney, and Erwin sleep before they went fishing?

3. Where was Jane from?

4. When did Turk's father Lazlo Friedrich Krupp unravel?

5. How many times a day did Albert Caldwell remember his grandson in Part 1, Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Vikram Patel do for a living?

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

3. Who is Hazel Saltwater?

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

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

6. Who was Lee Warshaw, and what experience did he have?

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

8. Why did Shahin tell Bo to avoid looking at Iran for profit, and where did he suggest Bo find profit instead?

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

10. What did Sid Feeney throw over the balcony during the blizzard party?

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

Albert is 74 in most of the novel. How does old age affect Albert? Why does he think he is “lord of a crumbling manor” (181) because of old age?

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