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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 items are prohibited in the GR headquarters?

2. What title is Jill Garvey given due to her experience on Sudden Departure day?

3. Who was Tom's best friend that disappeared on Sudden Departure day?

4. What is the name of the building at GR headquarters that is reserved for lodging of female Trainees?

5. On what date did the Sudden Departure occur?

Short Essay Questions

1. What irony is revealed through the conversation between Nora and Kylie in Part Two?

2. Whom did Nora Durst lose on the day of the Sudden Departure? How has this affected her?

3. What main character is introduced in the Prologue? What information is related about this character in this brief section of the novel?

4. What is Kevin’s relationship to The Carpe Diem? How often does Kevin frequent this establishment?

5. What does the act of smoking cigarettes signify in the novel?

6. How did the Sudden Departure impact Tom Garvey? Where was Tom when the event occurred?

7. How was Melissa Hulbert affected by the Sudden Departure? Whom did she lose?

8. What game do Aimee and Jill play at Dmitri’s house in Part Two? What is the objective of the game?

9. What central metaphor is established through the narrative in Part One?

10. What is Kevin Garvey’s role in Mapleton? Why does he attend the parade in Part One?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the character of Mark Henning in the narrative. How old is Henning? Where do Tom and Christine first meet him? What draws Henning to Tom and Christine? What leads him to his decision to go AWOL? Where does Henning intend to go instead?

Essay Topic 2

What are Reverend Matt Jamison’s actions, objectives, and obstacles in The Leftovers? Why did Reverend Jamison leave his church? What are the subjects of the newsletters he produces? Why does he produce them?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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