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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. Who is Lon?
(a) Allie's first love.
(b) Allie's best friend.
(c) Allie's fiance.
(d) Allie's schoolmate.

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

3. How did the Hammonds make their fortune?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Oil.
(c) Wheat.
(d) Lumber.

4. In the 1940s, how does Allie find out that Noah is back in New Bern?
(a) Allie runs into Noah in Raleigh.
(b) Allie's mother tells her.
(c) Noah calls Allie.
(d) A newspaper article.

5. Where does Noah live at the present time of the novel?
(a) In a nursing home.
(b) With his son's family.
(c) In a trailer.
(d) In the same house he has lived for sixty years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who introduced Allie and Noah?

2. What does Allie think comes first in Lon's life?

3. Where does Allie meet Lon?

4. What does Lon resolve to do after he and Allie are married?

5. How many letters does Noah say he sent Allie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Noah buy with his inheritance from Morris Goldman?

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

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

4. How does Lon find success as a lawyer?

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

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

7. What does Allie remember most about Noah?

8. What does Noah say of the people who live at the nursing home?

9. How did Noah come to adopt Clem?

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

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