View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chip pretend to study at the park?

2. What kind of job does Denise suggest that Julie and find for Chip?

3. What game did Albert play on his 75th birthday?

4. What effect does the drug Melissa gives Chip have on him?

5. What kind of illness does the Axon company produce equipment for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Chip think a depressed person should act like?

2. Describe the argument Gary says could end their marriage?

3. Why does Alfred think the blacks will destroy America?

4. Why is Gary so angry when he finishes talking on the phone to his father?

5. What does Gitanas's printout say about Lithuania?

6. Why is Chip disappointed in Denise?

7. What does Gary suggest Alfred should do with the letter from Axon?

8. What were the differences between Gary and Chip as boys?

9. What is Caroline's reason for not going to St. Judes for Christmas?

10. Why did Enid feel jealous of her neighbors while awaiting her third child?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What kind of role model have Alfred and Enid provided for their children? In what way have their children's decisions been based on what they learned from their parents?

Essay Topic 2

What do Alfred and Enid find out about each other and themselves on the cruise? In what way could the cruise be said to be the turning point of the story?

Essay Topic 3

What is Enid's relationship with Alfred? What affect does their relationship have on their children?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 750 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample