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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. Where did Salo go the summer after Mandy died?

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

3. How many people died when Salo was driving in Chapter 1?

4. By the time Johanna was on bed rest when she was pregnant with the triplets, how many paintings had Salo acquired?

5. Where did Johanna see Stella and Salo's son?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Johanna like to say she and Salo met, and how did really they meet?

4. In Chapter 12, how did Sally spend her holidays?

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

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

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

8. How did Salo meet Stella in 1993?

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

10. In Chapter 3, where did Johanna work and how did she get her job?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Salo tends to go along with what people in his life expect or want him to do. What do the relationships Salo has with friends and family reveal about his passivity?

Essay Topic 2

Sally and Lewyn were often a team against Harrison. Why were they often a team against Harrison? How would you describe their relationship and why they are not close?

Essay Topic 3

A character arc is the inner journey of a character in a book. What characters experience character arcs in The Latecomer? What is the difference between characters who experience a character arc and those who do not?

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