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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. How much did John pay to watch a movie at the YMCA?

2. What type of jacket was Erwin wearing when he left the apartment building to get rid of the burned fish?

3. What was the name of Albert's wife?

4. When did John see Tad play football?

5. What did Albert learn shaped Bronwyn and made her strong?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did John have to walk to the hospital to try to find his father?

2. What did Fil find in her father's desk, and why was she upset?

3. How had John struggled in diction class at Julliard?

4. How did John feel about accepting anything from his father?

5. Where was Vikram Patel when John left the YMCA?

6. How had Albert relied on logic throughout his life?

7. What had Erwin learned about people and stories throughout the years, and how did he feel about being their confidante?

8. How was the snow described in Part 3, Chapter 16?

9. Where did John Caldwell work in 1978, and what job did he really want?

10. How did John's son die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hazel plans to follow Lazlo Brunn. How does Hazel plan to follow Lazlo Brunn? Why is her plan to follow him a way for her to escape her life?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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