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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 Phoebe say in Chapter 18 about waiting for her mother?

2. What is Phoebe's friend dressed up as when Will first meets him?

3. What does Julian send to Phoebe after their first night together?

4. What is the name of a fellow student that Will and Phoebe see at John Leal's?

5. By what means does Will first arrive at Noxhurst?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where are Phoebe and her mother driving home from on the evening of the car accident?

2. What is the name of the pregnant girl whom John Leal met in a gulag?

3. With whom does Will hold a research position?

4. Where does Will go for a summer internship?

5. How does Phoebe cut her hand during her picnic with Will?

6. Why does the usual piano player at John Leal's not able to play on Phoebe's first evening at John Leal's house?

7. Where was John Leal's prison camp?

8. What piece of fruit does Phoebe's mother peel for her as she plays piano?

9. Why does Will ask for a promotion?

10. What is the name of the club where Phoebe invites Will for a drink?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Will Kendall is one of the few characters to experience poverty. Write an essay in which you examine the culture of poverty that Will describes. What specific attributes does will use to describe members of the working class? What does Will think of this lifestyle? Use evidence from the text to support your findings.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you analyze Will's relationship with Phoebe. In your analysis, consider how the relationship starts, develops, and ends.

Essay Topic 3

The author describes the actions and thoughts of pro-life activists at select moments in the novel. Explore the author's depiction of this stance, focusing on her description of their activities and motives (in letters, dialogue, and a the pro-life march). Finally, how might the tone used to describe this stance be indicative of the author's own view?

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