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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 is Aldred going to do with the information he is collecting daily?

2. What does the American doctor send Benedict?

3. Who is Lionello?

4. Who says Aldred is reluctant to show his tender heart?

5. Where does Benedict want to go with Leith?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Aldred ask his father for money when he returns from his Easter trip to Florence?

2. What impression of the Driscoll family does Aldred get upon meeting them?

3. Why is Peter Exley in Hong Kong?

4. Who is more curious about each other; Aldred about the Driscoll siblings or the siblings about Aldred?

5. Why don't the Driscoll siblings ask Aldred about his war experiences?

6. Why does Aldred want to walk alone, without Peter?

7. Why is Peter upset that Aldred found him a new place to live?

8. Why is Aldred touring Hiroshima?

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

10. How does Aldred meet Aurora?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does culture affect Peter Exley throughout the novel? Use at least three examples of how it affects his life, his relationships and his actions.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Aldred, Peter and Helen each deal with loneliness. How does it affect them differently? What do they have in common when being affected by loneliness? What does loneliness prompt each character to do?

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