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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. To which city does Will go for a paid internship?

2. What is the name of the building that fell?

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

4. Who is the owner of Michelangelos's?

5. What does Phoebe drink while a young child?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Phoebe's Korean friend at Edwards?

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

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

4. When did John Leal leave Noxhurst?

5. Why does Will ask for a promotion?

6. Where does Phoebe go for winter break?

7. Why does John Leal go to Hilcox Street?

8. From what building on Noxhurst does Will imagine the explosion being watched?

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

10. With whom does Will hold a research position?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the voice of John Leal as presented within the chapters titled for him. Explain his messages, how they are delivered (whether, for example, clearly or unclearly) and how his messages might be interpreted.

Essay Topic 3

Many of the scenes feature men and women performing and representing the traditional binary (male-female) gender system. Write an essay analyzing the role that gender plays in the novel, specifically how gender seems to affect different characters' behaviors, motives, or beliefs.

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