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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. When Hazel hit her head, how long was the wound?

2. When was Turk (Turlough) born?

3. Where did Bo go to college?

4. What is the name of Hazel's counselor?

5. Where did a plane that Lee Warshaw was flying on with his firm's executive suite go down?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Sarah Saltwater consider about the tendency of people to speak the most on subjects they knew the least about?

2. When was the novel The Blizzard Party published, and how was it received?

3. What did Hazel's family take when they went to Montauk to visit the Vornados?

4. How did Hazel feel when she finally read The Blizzard Party?

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

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

7. What did Vikram Patel do for a living?

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

9. Who is Hazel Saltwater?

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

Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based upon his interpretation of life. How does the author use artistic license to make the novel seem like the events actually happened and the characters are real people?

Essay Topic 2

In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the storyline? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

Essay Topic 3

Albert and Erwin get to know one another as Erwin administers memory tests to Albert. How does the relationship develop between the men? How would you describe the relationship between them? What connections develop between them and why?

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