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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. What building does James stand in front of in August 1992?

2. What does Rocky send Ruth?

3. What is James' role at David's wedding?

4. Who was Halina hiding from in 1942?

5. Who talks Ruth out of seeing Rocky again?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way does James think his mother is a success?

2. What problems do Ruth and Andrew have getting married?

3. How does Ruth react to Irene's death?

4. How does Ruth cope with her abortion?

5. How is Ruth's life getting better at the age of sixty five?

6. How have Ruth's parents lives changed?

7. Describe Andrew and Ruth's relationship.

8. In what way does James' life take a turn for the better in Delaware?

9. What does Aubrey Rubenstein tell James in Chapter 22?

10. How is Delaware different from New York?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What major events had a profound affect on McBride's life and how did they change him?

Essay Topic 2

Why does Ruth treat her past with such disregard? How has Ruth's view of the past affected James and his siblings? How has Ruth harmed herself by disregarding her past?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the following and write how they developed James as a person:

1) His relationship with Hunter

2) His experiments with drugs and crime

3) His time spent in Louisville

4) Moving to Delaware

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