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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 Harrison and his parents meet the bus that was to take him to college in Chapter 11?

2. Where did Salo propose to Johanna?

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

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

5. What was the name of the girl who told Sally that her father had a girlfriend?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happened to Mandy Bernstein?

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

7. In Chapter 14, what was the only thing that Sally and her brothers had in common?

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 2

Phoebe reconciles her family. How and why does Phoebe bring reconciliation to her family?

Essay Topic 3

Outsider Art is created by self-taught artists who have little contact with the established conventions of the art world. What does Salo think about Outsider Art and why?

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