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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. Which member of Gary's family is ill?

2. What is the name of the medication that the doctor gives Enid?

3. What does Brian tell Denise at the end of this section?

4. What does Alfred have a problem with while on deck?

5. What does Ted call Aslan?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Chip enjoy life so much in Lithuania?

2. How did Albert disappoint Enid during dinner?

3. Why does Denise agree with Robin that they should stop seeing each other?

4. What does Enid like about the doctor?

5. Describe Chip's website.

6. How does Chip get from Vilnius to St. Jude?

7. What does this section express about Gary's relationship with his father?

8. How did Billy's trial change Robin?

9. What problems in Enid having in this section?

10. How does Denise become attracted to Robin?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What pressure have Enid and Alfred put on their children? How have their children coped with the pressure? What suggestions are there that Alfred's death releases some of the pressure the children feel to succeed?

Essay Topic 2

What does Chip want to achieve as a person? Is he running away from the person he wants to be? In what way could it be said that what a person wants is different from what they need? How can Chip become the person he wants to be?

Essay Topic 3

How does Chip splitting from his girlfriend at the beginning of the book affect him? What does the way he reacted to the break up say about his feelings for her?

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