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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. When Jonathan was 14, how many trains did he and his parents meet before Lucas finally showed up?

2. In Chapter 16, how many nights have there been of heavy weather?

3. At the beginning of Chapter 12, what color did Alkaitis think he saw?

4. In Chapter 11, what did Harvey injure when he ran from Olivia and the crowd of investors?

5. Where did Mendoza say the woman he thought Geoffrey Bell hit was living in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 11, what conversation did Leon have with his wife?

2. What jobs did Leon and Marie have in December 2018?

3. What evidence did Saparelli send Leon and why in Chapter 12?

4. Why did Walter nearly faint when he learned about Alkaitis's arrest?

5. What did Jonathan's staff do when he told them about the problem with the funds?

6. In Chapter 12, why did Alkaitis ask Julie Freeman to look up what happened to Olivia Collins, and what did he learn?

7. Why memory did Jonathan have of his brother Lucas at the end of Chapter 12?

8. In Chapter 12 where did Jonathan see Vincent in his counterlife and what did she look like?

9. In Chapter 15, what conversations did Paul often imagine having with Vincent?

10. What did Walter do after the hotel was shut down?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Alkaitis was in prison, he like to imagine another life—a counterlife. Why did Alkaitis imagine other times and places when he was in prison? Why did he call these daydreams a counterlife? How did the counterlife help him cope?

Essay Topic 2

In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

Essay Topic 3

An allegory is a story with a message. What allegory did a visiting professor relate when Jonathan was in prison? What was the message of the story? What did the story symbolize in Jonathan’s life?

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