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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. Who is the owner of Michelangelos's?

2. How was John Leal taken to a riverbank from the gulag?

3. What is the name of Phoebe's dorm?

4. Where does Phoebe say that John Leal grew up?

5. What did Phoebe's mother put on her as a child?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does John Leal's group kneel each morning?

2. What is the composition that Phoebe considers the most challenging piano piece?

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

4. What beverage do Will and Phoebe drink during their first visit to John Leal's house?

5. With whom does Will hold a research position?

6. Where does Will go for a summer internship?

7. What is the name of Will's hometown?

8. In what city does John Leal end up after leaving Noxhurst?

9. Why does Will ask for a promotion?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you examine Phoebe's relationship with Julian Noh (her Korean friend). What attracts Julian and Phoebe to one another, and is this friendship beneficial? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay on what it means to be religious from Will's perspective. In your essay, use specific evidence from the the text (from both sections narrated by Will as well as sections wherein others discuss him).

Essay Topic 3

The Edwards campus is a place where there is a unique sense of pride and camaraderie, but also confusion, for the student body there. Write an essay in which you examine patterns in the author's word choice to address how the university setting is portrayed. What is the mood of the Edwards campus and how does the author establish this mood?

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