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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 instrument does Gus play?

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

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

4. Who says, "There's nothing normal about any of this" in "Reunion"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Noah help Martha Shaw?

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. What does Allie remember most about Noah?

9. Who is Noah best friend in New Bern in 1946?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Allie is faced with an important choice when she must choose between Lon and Noah. Discuss this choice, along with the other choices that the protagonists have to make, and how these choices affect them.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

The Notebook was very well-received and became a best seller. The film version of the novel also did very well. In your opinion, what makes this story so popular?

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