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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. How does Allie describe Noah's skill with handling the canoe?
(a) As manly.
(b) As efficient.
(c) As artistic.
(d) As graceful.

2. What downtown New Bern building does Allie note looks more run-down than it did when she was younger?
(a) The Masonic theater.
(b) The townhall.
(c) The New Bern Library.
(d) The general store.

3. What does Allie think she hears her mother whisper as she leaves Noah's house?
(a) Take opportunities as they come.
(b) Follow your heart.
(c) Don't make the same mistake I did.
(d) Be true to yourself.

4. What does Allie especially remember about her reunion with Noah at his house?
(a) The way he talked about her painting.
(b) The food Noah prepared.
(c) The glint in Noah's eye.
(d) The awkwardness between them.

5. In "A Letter from Yesterday," at what moment does Allie decide which man she will choose?
(a) When Allie sees Lon.
(b) When Allie parks her car at the inn.
(c) When Allie talks to her mother.
(d) When Allie leaves Noah's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is found to have been blown over in the storm in "An Unexpected Visitor"?

2. What does Allie know about her future with Lon?

3. What does Allie buy at the Hoffman-Lane department store in "Kayaks and Forgotten Dreams"?

4. In "A Letter from Yesterday," how long has it been since Allie first saw the newspaper article about Noah?

5. What does the painting in the gallery by Elayne appear to be inspired by?

Short Essay Questions

1. Which of Noah's letters does Allie choose to read when she is sitting in her car at the inn?

2. What does Noah tell Allie he remembers most from their summer together?

3. What did Noah say in his good-bye letter to Allie?

4. What did Noah miss most when he lived up north?

5. In "Kayaks and Forgotten Dreams", what does Allie say her Wednesdays are usually like?

6. What is apparent from Allie's appearance when she reaches the inn?

7. Why does Allie's mother show up at Noah's house?

8. What did Noah give Allie the last time they saw each other before their fourteen-year separation?

9. What advice does Anne offer her daughter about deciding what she should do about Lon and Noah?

10. What does Allie realize about the painting she admires at the art gallery?

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