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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 instrument did Harrison play?

2. When Johanna was pregnant with the triplets, when did her sister Debbie come while Johanna was on bed rest?

3. Where did Johanna go after a parents' meeting about college at Walden in Chapter 8?

4. Where did Johanna go to college?

5. How old were the triplets when they went off to camp in Maine?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Salo react when he saw a painting at a gallery in Krefeld, Germany?

2. How were the triplets' personalities described in Chapter 5?

3. What was it like when the babies were little?

4. How did Sally and Lewyn get accepted to attend Cornell?

5. How did Sally learn that her father was having an affair?

6. How did Sally start unloading herself of belongings at Cornell?

7. How did Sally decide to handle having Lewyn at Cornell?

8. Why did Jonas spend two years in England before he came to college?

9. Why did Salo move his painting to a warehouse?

10. When Johanna went to a bookstore in Chapter 8, who did she see?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What type of person is Harrison? Why is he distant and cold to his family?

Essay Topic 2

Why is Sally angry when she realizes Lewyn and Rochelle are dating? What are her motives for revealing the relationship to the family?

Essay Topic 3

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How are idioms used in The Latecomer to help characters communicate? How do idioms help create word pictures and mental images for readers in a concise manner? How do idioms help readers understand characters, emotions, and ideas?

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