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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 do the passengers on the airplane notice about Jimmy?

2. Who are Sarah and Georgina?

3. What do the people in Maria's dream shout to her?

4. Who wrote Nathan's eulogy?

5. What does Henry attend in New York?

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the letter Nathan writes to Henry on the airplane.

2. Discuss Maria's mother.

3. Where does Henry go after Nathan's funeral?

4. What do Henry and Maria do with Nathan's manuscript?

5. Discuss Maria's dream and the meaning of it.

6. Discuss the relationship between Nathan and Maria.

7. What does Nathan notice about the passenger sitting next to him on the airplane?

8. What happens during Carol and Nathan's conversation involving Henry?

9. What are Henry's thoughts during Nathan's funeral?

10. What happens when Nathan changes seats on the airplane?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss theme. What is the theme of the novel? How does the novel fall into this theme?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the value of a brotherly relationship in the novel and the outcome when a brotherly relationship goes sour.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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