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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. In Chapter 1, what does Vincent remember wanting when she was filming the waves at Caiette when she was 13?

2. What was Vincent's father's job?

3. What month was it at the beginning of Chapter 5?

4. In Chapter 9, how old did Vincent remember that she was when she first started paying her own rent?

5. When did Lenny Xavier last see Annika?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of Chapter 3, what did Walter learn about where Vincent went when she left her job as bartender at the Hotel Caiette?

2. What did Walter do in Chapter 3 when he saw the words on the glass wall of the hotel?

3. How did Walter describe the hotel the first time he saw it?

4. What did Vincent know about the Neptune Cumberland before she boarded?

5. What did Paul buy at the System Soundbar the first time he went in Chapter 3 and why?

6. What did and did not keep Vincent living with Jonathan?

7. What did Jonathan tell Vincent about Ella Kaspersky in Chapter 4?

8. Why did Vincent's grandmother get her a video camera after her mother died?

9. Where was Alkaitis in Chapter 6?

10. In Chapter 9, where did Vincent see Paul?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did the collapse affect many of the investors? Why did some investors commit suicide? What consequences occurred because of the Ponzi scheme? Why was the fallout from the scheme so far-reaching?

Essay Topic 2

Imagery is a literary device authors use to describe characters and the world they inhabit. Imagery involves using the five senses to describe characters, places, and things. How does the author use imagery to help readers imagine the world and characters the author has created?

Essay Topic 3

Vincent became an assistant cook on a containership. Why did Vincent become an assistant cook on a containership? Why was her new job an escape? From what was she escaping?

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