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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 try to retrieve from an agent's hand?

2. Where does Will try to sleep in Chapter 28 after his fight with Phoebe?

3. What does John Leal tell Phoebe in Chapter 27?

4. What does John Leal remember about a man leaning on a cane outside of a clinic?

5. How does Will find out where Phoebe is?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does John Leal tell the group they have to attend in Manhattan?

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

5. Where does Will remember holding closing prayers with fellow Jubilee students?

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

7. Why does Phoebe refuse therapy when Will suggests it in Chapter 19?

8. What is the name of the group that meets at John Leal's house?

9. What type of flowers does Will send Phoebe while he is in Beijing?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Phoebe goes through various stages of grief while processing her childhood trauma. Analyze the healthy and unhealthy ways Phoebe has coped with sadness, anger, and guilt throughout the novel.

Essay Topic 3

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).

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