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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. What race where the students who actually remembered to bring the item Harrison's senior class was to use for their prank?

2. How old was Phoebe when Lewyn returned to Brooklyn Heights to live?

3. In Chapter 15, what was Lewyn's room number in Clara Dickson Hall?

4. In Chapter 23, where was Harriet when Sally was at the house alone talking to her mother?

5. In Chapter 28, what was the name of Phoebe's counselor her junior year?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Harriet's house like in Chapter 16?

2. What was Lewyn and Jonas's dorm room like?

3. In Chapter 24, what were Lewyn's thoughts about his mother?

4. How had Salo had two lives over the years?

5. Where does Lewyn live in Chapter 27?

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

7. In Chapter 20, why did Rochelle never want Lewyn to visit her dorm room?

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

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

10. Where was the play Jonas was in in Chapter 22 performed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Why is Sally angry when she realizes Lewyn and Rochelle are dating? What are her motives for revealing the relationship to the 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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