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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. How old is Laurie Garvey in the narrative?
2. What are the names of Nora Durst's children that she lost on the day of the Sudden Departure?
3. Who is described as "every girl's first choice" in the game of "Get a Room" that Jill and Aimee play?
4. What is Arthur Donovan's marital status?
5. How many years of Tribulation are to follow the Rapture, according to Rosalie's interpretation of the Bible in the Prologue?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the Sudden Departure impact Tom Garvey? Where was Tom when the event occurred?
2. How was Melissa Hulbert affected by the Sudden Departure? Whom did she lose?
3. What does Reverend Matt Jamison represent symbolically in the narrative?
4. Where are Laurie’s and Meg’s lodgings in Part Two? How is this setting described?
5. Who is Aimee? How did Aimee come to live in the Garvey home?
6. What irony is revealed through the conversation between Nora and Kylie in Part Two?
7. What main character is introduced in the Prologue? What information is related about this character in this brief section of the novel?
8. What is Kevin’s relationship to The Carpe Diem? How often does Kevin frequent this establishment?
9. What does the act of smoking cigarettes signify in the novel?
10. How would you describe Jill’s relationship with her father in Part One?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Nora Durst and her losses in the Sudden Departure. Who in Nora’s family was lost? How does Nora cope with her grief? What obstacles does Nora face in the course of the narrative?
Essay Topic 2
Why does Nora Durst abandon Kevin at the restaurant on Valentine’s Day? What have Kevin and Nora discussed just prior to her leaving? Why did this conversation give Nora grief?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the narrative style of The Leftovers. From whose perspective is the story related? Is the narrator’s perspective omniscient or limited? Why do you think the author employs this narrative style? How would the story differ if it were related from a different perspective?
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