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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 does Maria accuse her ex-husband of doing?

2. Who is Henry's wife?

3. What does Carol notice about Henry after he has surgery?

4. What type of accent does a woman Nathan encounters in Israel have?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Nathan's experience while in Henry's Hebrew class?

2. What are Nathan's thoughts on dinner at Lippman's?

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

4. Whom does Nathan notice at Henry's funeral?

5. What is discussed during the dinner at Lippman's?

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

7. Discuss the insults Nathan and Henry give each other during their argument.

8. What happens to Henry eight months after his bypass surgery?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Flashbacks are heavily used in the novel. Discuss the role of flashbacks in the novel and the positive and negative influence they have.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss and describe the relationship between Nathan and Henry and the role it has in the story.

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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