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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 16, when did Sally visit Harriet Greene?

2. In Chapter 23, where does Sally have a room?

3. Where did Eli invite Harrison to come to a conference in the summer in Chapter 17?

4. When did Salo die?

5. How long were Salo and Johanna married when he told her he wanted a divorce in Chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Johanna remember about the time Phoebe met her surrogate mother?

2. What did Sally learn about Harriet Greene, the volunteer at the art gallery?

3. How did Lewyn, Jonas, and some of Jonas's Christian friends end up at a Seder at Cornell?

4. In Chapter 26, what sport does Phoebe participate in and why?

5. What conference did Eli invite Harrison to in Chapter 18?

6. How did Sally, Harrison, and Lewyn travel to the Vineyard in Chapter 24?

7. What was the triplets birthday celebration always like?

8. In Chapter 23, why did Sally struggle with not telling Merry Willit about the wonderful finds and how did she make peace with taking the things they did?

9. Where does Lewyn live in Chapter 27?

10. In Chapter 18, who sat with Lewyn on the bus when he returned to Cornell after spring break and what conversation did they have?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Johanna struggles with disappointment. How and why does Johanna struggle with disappointment? How does she cope with her disappointments?

Essay Topic 3

The Oppenheimers are Jewish. What does being Jewish mean to Lewyn and Harrison?

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