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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 17, how many books has Max sold?

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

3. In Chapter 17, who does Max say he is when the policeman asks if he is the famous writer?

4. In Chapter 9, what does Nadira del Pappas do?

5. In Chapter 3, how long has Max Jordan been living at 27 Rue Montagnard?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 4, why does Perdu say that he named his barge the "Literary Apothecary"?

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

5. In Chapter 18, what issues does Brigadier Levec find with Perdu's boat?

6. What is Catherine looking for in Chapter 10?

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

8. In Chapter 11, what does Catherine say about life with her ex-husband?

9. What does Catherine tell Perdu in a note in Chapter 9?

10. In Chapter 18, how does Perdu remember that Vijaya found his future wife?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Books have been protection for Perdu. How have books created a force field in his life and how has that force field affected the way that Perdu lives?

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

Perdu and his traveling companions see a deer die on their trip. What does the deer symbolize about Manon and Perdu and the physical death that Manon experienced and the symbolic death that Perdu experienced?

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