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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 is Maria's heritage?

2. What term does Henry use when speaking of Jew versus Arab?

3. Why is Maria worried about Nathan living in England?

4. What is the source of Nathan's Jewish memories?

5. What year does Nathan recall a trip to Israel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss Nathan's encounter with the woman with an American accent.

2. Who is Jimmy Ben-Joseph? Why does he like Nathan's writing?

3. What happens when Nathan compares his father to Lippman?

4. What does Henry do three weeks after returning to the United States?

5. Discuss Nathan's visit to Israel in 1960.

6. What is Henry's behavior when he goes on a walk with Nathan?

7. Discuss Henry's love life and who is involved.

8. Why does Nathan want to be married to Maria?

9. What does Nathan believe to be the reasons for Henry's death?

10. What is the Wailing Wall? What are Nathan's thoughts about it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the Jewish religion with that of the Christian religion based on what is discussed in the story.

Essay Topic 2

The genre of the novel is ___. Why does the book fall into this genre? Give at least three examples in order to justify your response.

Essay Topic 3

Surgery is a strong foil in the story. How does surgery prove to be a foil, and what are the consequences of this foil?

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