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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 Chinese town does Rysom warn Peter Exley about?

2. What does Aldred bring as a present when he arrives for breakfast with Helen and Benedict?

3. What is Peter Exley's job?

4. What is Aldred going to write about in the report?

5. What happens to Gigliola?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't Aldred want to interview Helen and Benedict about the suicide?

2. Why does Benedict admire Helen for ditching him in Marseilles?

3. Why is Professor Gardiner in prison during the war?

4. What does Peter think about Aldred's situation with Helen?

5. Why might Aldred be jealous of Tad?

6. Why does Peter's purchases as a youth embarrass his parents?

7. How does Aldred come to know Raimonda and Gigliola?

8. What do Benedict and Helen fear will happen while Aldred is away on his two month journey away from Kure?

9. How does Aldred meet Aurora?

10. What do Peter Exley and Hendriks talk about on the ship?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Aldred deal with solitude? Is he really unaffected by his propensity for being alone or is he merely coping out of necessity?

Essay Topic 2

Who are the healers of the book? Who heals and how do they heal? Discuss the idea of healing by using examples and at least three characters.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Helen's transformation from a girl to a woman throughout the book. Describe her on the day Aldred first sees her. Describe her on the day he wakes her from sleeping on the front porch. What changes? Why does she change? Use examples.

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