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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 36 as Perdu drives, what song does he hear on the radio?

2. What is Cuneo's first name?

3. What color are the flowers in the garden in Chapter 27 whose fragrance make Perdu dizzy?

4. What type of cattle are grazing in Chapter 21?

5. In Chapter 32, how long were the men in Cuisery after meeting Samy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Cuneo have to leave Zelda and Javier's home before dinner?

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

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

4. Why did Samy write Southern Lights?

5. On what conditions does Perdu want Cuneo and Samy to take his barge?

6. In Chapter 28, what do Perdu and Cuneo confess?

7. What does the woman look like and what does she do when she opens the door the P.D. Olson's home?

8. What areas does Cuneo lay claim to in Chapter 24 when he joins Perdu and Max on the barge?

9. Why does Cuneo join Perdu and Max on their voyage in Chapter 23?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Manon contemplated pain as she prepared to die. What did the author convey about death and pain through Manon’s experiences?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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