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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 Peter attempt to do in the hospital?

2. Who comes to see Peter every day after work?

3. What does Peter write to Aldred about his feelings of Hong Kong?

4. Where is Audrey sailing?

5. What courses are Helen's parents forcing her to take?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Barbara think is the biggest reason as to why the Fairfax brothers don't talk to the local girls in New Zealand?

2. Why does Aldred turn down Calder's offer to work as a spy?

3. What is Peter's long-term prognosis by the doctor?

4. Why does Aldred want to talk to Barry and Melba?

5. Why does Aldred think the idea of becoming a spy is an impossibility?

6. Why is Peter so aware of his loneliness in Chapter 12?

7. What presents do Aldred and Aurora give each other and why?

8. What makes Peter compare Rita with Audrey?

9. Why doesn't Rita want to help Peter with the dying child?

10. Why does Sidney think Helen and Aldred will never see each other again?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the women and the role they play in Aldred's life. Choose at least three women in the book and discuss the influence they have over Aldred and the actions he takes because of each woman.

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