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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 on the flag that Manon made?

2. In Manon's Travel Diary, when was she going to Paris?

3. In Chapter 5, what day of the week does the therapist Eric Lanson spend the afternoon at the "Literary Apothecary"?

4. What is Catherine wearing in Chapter 10?

5. In Chapter 20, what is the color of Lindgren's fur?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the flag like that Max finds in Chapter 16?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 9, what does Perdu do for hours and how does he feel afterward?

3. In Chapter 2, what book does Perdu give a customer and how does he tell her to read it?

4. In Chapter 15, where does Perdu think about mooring for the evening and why?

5. How does Perdu get his boat ready to sail?

6. In Chapter 20 when Perdu borrows Ida's bicycle, what does he leave on the handlebars of the bike?

7. How did Perdu learn to drive a cargo boat?

8. What is Catherine looking for in Chapter 10?

9. What did Paris seem like to Perdu when his parents took him to see relatives in Brittany?

10. In Chapter 8, what did Perdu get rid of and what did he keep after Manon was gone?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Perdu and Catherine are drawn together when they first meet. What draws the two of them together and how does grief play a factor in bringing them together?

Essay Topic 2

Perdu reads a letter that he has left in a drawer of a table for 20 years. How does the letter affect Perdu and how does it become a catalyst that leads him to face his grief?

Essay Topic 3

The experiences Perdu has in the novel help him face his past and learn to love again. What experiences especially help Perdu to open his heart to love again?

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