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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 does Noah do after Annie leaves after dinner to go back to her hotel in "Reunion"?
(a) Cleans the dishes.
(b) Cries.
(c) Goes to bed.
(d) Sits on his porch.

2. How old is Noah at the present time in the novel?
(a) Seventy-five years old.
(b) Eighty years old.
(c) Eighty-five years old.
(d) Seventy years old.

3. What does Morris Goldman say is Noah's only negative point?
(a) He isn't ambitious.
(b) He's not serious enough.
(c) He's not Jewish.
(d) He is too tall.

4. How did Noah's mother die?
(a) During childbirth.
(b) Influenza.
(c) Measles.
(d) Smallpox.

5. Who says, "There's nothing normal about any of this" in "Reunion"?
(a) Allie's mother.
(b) Allie.
(c) Noah.
(d) Lon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Allie think poetry is written for?

2. What did Allie's mother tell Lon about her relationship with Noah?

3. How long have Allie and Lon dated for?

4. What is Allie's dream for her life when she first met Noah?

5. What lesson did Allie learn from her mother about status?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what ways does Allie acknowledge her relationship with Lon is less than perfect?

2. How does Lon find success as a lawyer?

3. What did Allie's mother tell her when she realized the relationship between Allie and Noah was getting serious?

4. How does Noah help Martha Shaw?

5. Who is Noah best friend in New Bern in 1946?

6. In what way is New Bern "haunted" for Noah?

7. How does Allie find out Noah was back in New Bern?

8. What did Noah think of Allie when he first met her?

9. What changes does Allie see in Noah when they reunite after fourteen years?

10. How does Allie excuse her mother's interception of Noah's letters?

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