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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 Lon resolve to do after he and Allie are married?
(a) Become partner at his firm.
(b) Work harder to provide for his family.
(c) Have a big family.
(d) Cut back his work hours.

2. What does Allie think poetry is written for?
(a) To soothe the reader's pain.
(b) To inspire without reason.
(c) To convey beauty with words.
(d) To immortalize the love of the poet.

3. What book does Noah read on his porch in the 1940s?
(a) The Odyssey.
(b) Pride and Prejudice.
(c) Frankenstein.
(d) Leaves of Grass.

4. Who introduced Allie and Noah?
(a) No one, they met by chance.
(b) Allie's tutor.
(c) Noah's father.
(d) Friends.

5. How many letters does Noah say he sent Allie?
(a) A thousand.
(b) Over a hundred.
(c) Too many to count.
(d) Dozens.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Noah's mother die?

2. How much money is Noah left in Morris Goldman's will?

3. What does Noah see in the colors and lines of Allie's painting in "Reunion"?

4. In "Reunion" what does Noah realize has happened during dinner with Allie?

5. What did Noah offer Allie on their first real date when they were younger?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Allie deal with the pain of missing Noah after they separated in the past?

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

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

4. What property did Noah acquire in order to protect it?

5. What does Allie remember most about Noah?

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

7. How did Noah come to adopt Clem?

8. What does Allie look for on Noah's dock in "Reunion"?

9. What do we learn about Lon's family in "Reunion"?

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

(see the answer keys)

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