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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 type of cattle are grazing in Chapter 21?

2. In Chapter 29, how many times does Perdu let the phone ring when he calls number 27?

3. How old was Perdu when he met Manon?

4. In Chapter 27, what is a woman wearing who sits under a copper beech painting?

5. In Chapter 28, when does Cuneo say that he found Vivette?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 26, how do Perdu, Max, and Cuneo try to help a drowning deer?

2. Why did Samy write Southern Lights?

3. How does Southern Lights bring Samy her man?

4. Why does Samy give Perdu and Max mobile phones in Chapter 35?

5. At the end of Chapter 33, what were the only things that Manon took for the cancer and why?

6. What does Samy have with her when Cuneo picks her up in Chapter 31?

7. In Chapter 24, how does Cuneo describe the woman he is looking for?

8. What does Olson say about being on Facebook in Chapter 23?

9. In Chapter 32, what does Samy say that her innate flaw is and what trouble did it cause her?

10. In Manon's travel diary at the end of Chapter 21, what did Manon say about Luc and Perdu?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Samantha’s jump into the river mirror the emotional journey that Perdu, Max, and Cuneo are taking?

Essay Topic 2

Perdu is shaped by the events in his life. What does the author convey about how life events make people who they are through the experiences that Perdu has?

Essay Topic 3

As Perdu contemplated Max and the book he wrote, Perdu wondered how it was possible to feel so intensely and still survive. Why is it difficult for Perdu to understand how someone can go on after suffering heartbreak?

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