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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 is the name of the police chief in Mapleton?

2. What is the name of Karen's husband?

3. Which of Laurie's new housemates at Outpost 17 has severe asthma?

4. For how long has Kevin been back from Florida in the beginning of Part Four"?

5. Where had Nora gone for her honeymoon?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Christine perceive her unborn child in Part Three? What has led to this perception?

2. Who is Patti Levin and what is her role within the GR?

3. How does the narrative perspective shift in Part Three?

4. Where are Tom and Christine staying during her pregnancy in Part Four? How is this setting described?

5. How is the setting of Outpost 17 described? Who lives there when Meg and Laurie arrive?

6. What is Tom Garvey’s central conflict in Part Four?

7. What discovery do Meg and Laurie make regarding their roommates in Part Four? How do they respond?

8. Why does the GR press Laurie to divorce Kevin? Why does Laurie resist?

9. What do Kevin and Jill discuss at Daisy’s Diner in Part Three?

10. How would you compare Kevin Garvey to the other main characters in the novel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of cults and exploitation in The Leftovers. What are the different cults that are highlighted in the narrative? What are the beliefs of each of these groups? How do these cults exploit their members?

Essay Topic 2

What do you think Christine’s baby comes to symbolize in the end of the novel? Why has the baby been abandoned? Who abandoned it? Who discovers the baby? How does this discovery affect this character?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss The Leftovers as a metaphor for our contemporary world. What event in recent history might be compared with the “Sudden Departure” in the novel? What statements do you think the author is making about our society and communities in the wake of loss?

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