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

2. Who introduced Allie and Noah?

3. What does Noah do after Annie leaves after dinner to go back to her hotel in "Reunion"?

4. What kind of man does Noah say he is?

5. How does Noah chose to refer to his shyness?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did Allie's parents think of Noah?

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

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

7. How did Noah come to adopt Clem?

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

9. What does Allie remember most about Noah?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Sparks's use of foreshadowing in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

The motif of the passing of time is explored in the novel. Discuss how Sparks plays with the concept of time and how time affects the protagonists and their relationship together.

Essay Topic 3

Conflict is used to convey suspense and emotion. Discuss conflict in the novel The Notebook.

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