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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 does Paul do at his friend's house when the adults are gone?

2. What do Norah and David do during one of his school performances?

3. Who tells Norah the truth about Phoebe?

4. Why does David leave his medical practice?

5. What does David show Paul a picture of when he talks about potential?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does David do when he goes to visit Norah at her house after Rosemary leaves?

2. What was Phoebe doing when Caroline found her inside a pipe?

3. What scares Caroline enough for her to file a police report?

4. How does Norah feel when she sits by the river with Frederick?

5. What has Phoebe had to learn not to do when in public?

6. What does Paul realize about himself while he talks to Phoebe in her room?

7. What does David say to Rosemary when he awakens, tied up in his old house?

8. What does Bree say she wants to do after finding out she has cancer?

9. What does Norah do when Bree is diagnosed with cancer?

10. What does Phebe say about weddings while at Norah's wedding?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sacrifice was a theme that was very prevalent in this book. Who were the characters most affected by this theme, and how did they allow sacrifice to change their lives?

Essay Topic 2

Al is a minor character whose presence makes a big difference in the plot. How does he accomplish this? What are some ways that his presence, however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if he had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 3

Despair was a theme that was placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot, especially as Norah deals with the death of her daughter. What are some of these places, and what role did despair play in this book?

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