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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 does Bertram send Benedict through the mail?

2. Who has a crush on Helen besides Aldred?

3. What can't Oliver Leith live without?

4. How does Ginger describe the mornings in Kure?

5. Where does Aldred consider the closest thing to home he has?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does it take all day for Aldred to reflect and appreciate his good fortune for not being on the plane that crashed?

2. How does Aldred get the job of studying China and Japan?

3. Why do the women from Peter's office take him out?

4. Why is Exley living with Roy Rysom?

5. What do thoughts of Aurora make Aldred Leith realize?

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

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

8. Why does Helen cry when hearing the story about Raimonda and Gigliola?

9. What role does Gardiner play in Chapter Two?

10. Why doesn't Aldred mind being alone?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Aldred struggle with finding his home? Why does he even have problems claiming a hometown?

Essay Topic 2

Aldred eventually is able to find his way home and make his home a place he wants to be permanently. What helps him make the leap from being a man without a true home to a man who longs for nothing but permanency?

Essay Topic 3

Explore location as a vital part of the novel. Discuss the use of exotic locations, great distances and war-torn countries and the way location influences the plot.

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