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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 the doctor say about Nate's fever returning?

2. What does Nate confide to Phil?

3. What does Nate tell Rachel?

4. What do all the lawyers sign?

5. Who offers his services for a flat fee of five million dollars?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened right after Nate woke the day after the storm?

2. Who did Nate think he saw when he was sick and what did he feel about it?

3. Why did Josh meet with Judge Wycliff and what did he tell him? What was the Judge's response?

4. What was Nate's room like in the hospital and what kind of care did he receive?

5. What happened when Nate was admitted to the hospital for the second time?

6. What was Nate doing at the cottage?

7. What did Rachel tell Nate when she returned to the village?

8. What news does Welly bring to Valdir and what does he do about it?

9. What did Rex decide to do about his understanding?

10. What did the lawyers fighting the will do about the sanity examination?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Nate was running from his problems by going on the business trip. He realized very quickly that no matter how far he ran his past would always follow.

1. Running from problems by going somewhere else is called a "geographic cure." Discuss what do you think this means.

2. Do you believe taking the geographic cure is a good idea or a bad idea? Why or why not? Could it be different depending on the circumstance?

3. Discuss two situations that might respond well to a geographic cure and two that wouldn't be helped with on.

Essay Topic 2

American media is predictable in nature. The more sensational a story the more attention it attracts. Troy Phelan had few friends and no one really grieved over his death, yet it received a lot of publicity.

1. Do you think the media makes too much of celebrities? Why or why not?

2. Explain why you think Troy Phelan's money was what made him interesting, not him as a person.

3. Why do you think Troy had few friends? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Realizing that Father Phil had also made large changes late in life helped Nate to feel even more comfortable with Phil. Additionally, the physical labor was a good distraction and gave Nate a healthy way to spend his days. Without the work at the church, his ample spare time could have been detrimental to his rehabilitation.

1. Why do you think Father Phil's making changes in his life at an older age made it more comfortable for Nate to talk with him?

2. Explain why physical labor could be good for a recovering alcoholic.

3. Why do you think too much spare time would have been detrimental to Nate's rehabilitation?

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