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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who introduced Allie and Noah?

2. Where does Noah live at the present time of the novel?

3. Who is Gus?

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

5. In what year did Noah meet Allie?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why didn't Allie take up painting professionally?

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Noah help Martha Shaw?

10. Describe Noah's one and only attempt to find Allie.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of death in the novel. Noah is faced with death a number of times. How do these deaths affect him and his life? What purpose does death play in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Both Noah and Allie are battling old age in the novel. How is old age portrayed in the novel, and what obstacles relating to aging do the protagonists face?

Essay Topic 3

The love between Noah and Allie is the central focus of the novel. How do they meet and fall in love? What obstacles keep them from each other? Are they able to overcome said obstacles? Why or why not? Is their ending a happy one?

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