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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 Will bring to the pro-life march?

2. What does Julian ask Will in Chapter 28?

3. At what time does Phoebe return to Noxhurst?

4. Where does Will say he was when he stopped believing in God?

5. Why does John Leal have Will dig a hole?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Will suggest to Phoebe at the end of Chapter 28?

2. Whom does Will meet one day walking home from work in Manhattan?

3. Why does Liesl take a leave of absence from school?

4. How does Will once catch a pigeon that flies into Phoebe's room?

5. Whom does Will email in order to learn more about the Jejah cult?

6. Where does Will take Phoebe on a surprise vacation?

7. Why does Will move to Manhattan in June after breaking up with Phoebe?

8. Why can Phoebe not go to Beijing with Will?

9. What object does Phoebe leave in a pile of toiletries?

10. Whose names does Phoebe write down in Chapter 33?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

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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