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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 15, what type of wine was served at the Seder?

2. Whbat was the name of the professor who encouraged Eli to go to Roarke?

3. Where did Mrs. Steiner have Sally wait for Rochelle in Chapter 19?

4. In Chapter 17, for what subject was Roarke looking for a new faculty member?

5. When did Carlos and some of the others quit sitting down for meals after the plagiarism accusation?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the Hayek Institute what did Harrison plan to speak about, and why did he change his mind?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Where did Johanna ask Lewyn to go with her during spring break in Chapter 18?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Johanna is 47 when Phoebe is conceived. What relationship does Johanna have with Phoebe? Why does Johanna struggle more with motherhood with Phoebe than with the triplets?

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

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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