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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. In Chapter 9, what dorm was Sally assigned to live in?

2. In Chapter 12, what was Sally's room number at her dorm?

3. When Salo bought a place in Brooklyn, what percent of the asking price did he offer in cash?

4. When did Sally go to the American Folk Art Museum to see if her father had a girlfriend?

5. What did Jonas get to eat at the end of Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did it take for Salo and Johanna to have the triplets?

3. Why did Harrison decide to attend Roarke?

4. What art did Salo's grandparents have on their walls, and what happened to the art when he applied to Cornell?

5. How long was Johanna on bedrest, and what was it like for her?

6. In Chapter 8, how was Johanna feeling about the triplets leaving home, and what did she decide to do?

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

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

9. What happened to Mandy Bernstein?

10. In Chapter 10, who was Lewyn's roommate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Eli believes in racial color blindness. What is racial color blindness? How and why does Eli believe that people should be blind when it comes to race?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Novels can be structured and divided in different ways. How does the structure of a novel provide clarity and flow to a story? What are chapter titles and subtitles? What are some purposes of chapter titles and subtitles? How does Korelitz use chapter titles and subtitles in The Latecomer?

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