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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What mountains does Ben describe in Chapter 11 as having become "our thing too" when dictating to his wife (95)?
(a) The Appalachians.
(b) The Rockies.
(c) The Sierras.
(d) The Cascades.

2. What is Ashley's last name?
(a) Smith.
(b) Ross.
(c) Knox.
(d) Payne.

3. For how long does Ben say he has been married in Chapter 1?
(a) 5 years.
(b) 25 years.
(c) 15 years.
(d) 10 years.

4. What colors are the plane that Ben and Ashley crashed in?
(a) Blue and white.
(b) Green and yellow.
(c) Blue and yellow.
(d) Red and white.

5. What time is it when Ben makes it back to the plane in the beginning of Chapter 12?
(a) 10:12 a.m.
(b) 7:09 a.m.
(c) 6:07 p.m.
(d) 12:00 a.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Ben left to drive the moving truck from Denver to Jacksonville, what was the first of the gifts given him by his wife?

2. On what day of the week is Ben's flight set to depart in Chapter 1?

3. What has stopped working in the beginning of Chapter 11?

4. During his "funeral" for Grover, Ben says in Chapter 19, "Living with a broken heart is" what (136)?

5. What gift did Ben's wife give him on their honeymoon?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does running play in the narrative?

2. How does Ben describe his college years?

3. Why is Ashley in the airport in the beginning of the novel? What is her objective?

4. What injuries does Ben sustain in the plane crash?

5. Where are Ben and Ashley traveling when their plane goes down? Why?

6. What memory of the loggerhead turtles does Ben relate?

7. How does Ben describe the day that he became engaged to Rachel?

8. How does Ben describe his and Rachel's move to Jacksonville from Denver?

9. Why is Ben at the airport in the beginning of the novel? What is his objective?

10. How does Ben manage to kill the mountain lion?

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