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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 Henry’s ex-wife take Elise after she left Henry?
2. What was found near Dory and his uncle’s house that gives Jamie a chill to think of when talking with Alison?
3. Who alerts Jamie’s coach and principal of the upcoming fight with Dory, getting Jamie excused from practice?
4. What is the name of the main character in the story “Love and Honor and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice”?
5. Who does Nam awake to find standing outside his bedroom door?
Short Essay Questions
1. Whose website bio does Henry look at in the beginning of “Meeting Elise” and what does it say?
2. Who is Alison Fischer and what is her relationship with Jamie?
3. Why is Jamie praised at the school assembly at the start of “Halflead Bay”?
4. Who is Cale and how does Jamie know him?
5. How do Jamie’s parents stop the fight between Jamie and Dory?
6. What does Nam find out about his father’s past when he gets drunk at a party in Melbourne and tells his friends his story?
7. How does Nam’s father treat the homeless man he finds by the river?
8. When Henry arrives at Carnegie Hall to try to see Elise he is given a note from her. What does the note say?
9. In “Love and Honor” why is Nam surprised to find his father in his apartment when he wakes up?
10. Who is Jason Apelman and what was his relationship to Olivia?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing the imagery use is “Tehran Calling.” Be sure to include how the imagery discussed represents the themes of the story.
Essay Topic 2
Choose two stories from The Boat and write an essay analyzing the theme of loneliness in the text.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing how Jamie and his father’s relationship changes over the course of “Halflead Bay.”
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