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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 17, for what subject was Roarke looking for a new faculty member?

2. In Chapter 24, where did Harrison say that Eli believed his family migrated from?

3. What did most of the students wear to the Seder Lewyn attended in Chapter 15?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Sally decide to do for spring break after Rochelle took her to the train station?

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

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

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

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

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

7. How did Sally create a space for her in Harriet's house when Harriet invited her to live there?

8. What did Sally learn when she made an uninvited trip to Rochelle's house?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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