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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 Julian send to Phoebe after their first night together?

2. Whom does Phoebe claim to be dressed up as?

3. Who is the waiter that wins the pool when the waitstaff places a bet at the restaurant?

4. What happened to Mina, whom John Leal encountered in the gulag?

5. Which of the following is not a food Will packs for their picnic?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Phoebe go for winter break?

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

3. Where does Will work?

4. Why does John Leal go to Hilcox Street?

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

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

7. Who is the female waitress where Will works?

8. Where does Will go for a summer internship?

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

10. Where was John Leal's prison camp?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you discuss the effect of the author's narrative structure. The story is told from a combination of first-person and third-person narration, as well as from multiple perspectives. Analyze the author's decision to tell the story in this way. How does this narrative style contribute to the reading experience? Do you agree with this structure, or would another structure have been more effective?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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