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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. Where did John say that Cynthia Mellins was living in 1978?

2. When did Vik's father leave Mahuva?

3. How far is Roosevelt Hospital from the Apelles?

4. When did John see Tad play football?

5. When did Albert have his first apartment in the West Seventies?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Hazel have photos of her husband smiling?

5. What did Erwin see coming toward him as he stood trying to decide what to do with the fish he came to throw away?

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

7. At the end of Part 3, Chapter 23, why did John try to hide in the hospital lobby?

8. What did John Caldwell do when Vik followed him after he left the YMCA?

9. How did Manny remember that a man named Lieutenant Spitz died when he was in Vietnam?

10. How did John's son die?

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

The setting in a book is the place or places where the action takes place. Where does the story take place? Is the setting simply a backdrop to the story and characters or does it take on the role of a character?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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