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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 Johanna see Stella and Salo's son?

2. Where was Mandy Bernstein going to college when she died?

3. At the American Folk Art Museum, where does Sally meet Stella?

4. What was Salo driving when his girlfriend, Mandy Bernstein, died?

5. How old were Salo and Johanna the first time she wanted to see an infertility doctor, but Salo was not interested?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Salo meet Stella in 1993?

4. Where was Harrison planning to go to college after Roarke?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

An allusion is a figure of speech that does not directly refer to a person, place, or thing. What are some allusions in The Latecomer? Why might it be difficult to decipher an allusion just by the context of a passage in a book? How do the allusions Korelitz uses help readers’ understanding of characters or concepts?

Essay Topic 2

Eli poses as a Black man. What advantages were there for Eli appearing to be a Black man? What did he gain from the fiction? What is revealed about white-to-nonwhite ethnic self-reassignment and the benefits through Eli’s deception?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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