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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 is the weather like when Phoebe and Will drive back to Cape Cod?

2. What does Phoebe tell Will she learned about palace eunuchs in China?

3. What does Will think of Phoebe's faith in Chapter 19?

4. Who does not enter Will's apartment in Chapter 34?

5. Why does Phoebe feel particularly guilty about the car crash?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Will tell Phoebe that women used to drink to cause abortions?

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

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

6. Who invites Will to watch an airball game at his suite?

7. Whom does Will meet at the bar called Exhibit?

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

9. What buildings did the explosions in Chapter 31 destroy?

10. Why does Phoebe claim she needs to be back from vacation with Will by 5:00?

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

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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