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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 thought occurs to Nate?

2. Where does Rachel live?

3. Why does Snead not mind that his work will be difficult?

4. For whom does Nate search after he leaves the hospital?

5. What does Rex do that his other siblings do not?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Neva tell Nate about the last time she spoke with Rachel? What did Nate believe about Rachel and what did he find odd?

3. How was Nate feeling physically as he journeyed back to civilization and what did he find out?

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

5. Rex was the smartest of the Phelan heirs. What was he good at and what did he realize?

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

7. What was Hark doing to help his lawsuit?

8. What did Rachel say to Nate?

9. What did working five days on the Phelan will in the city prove to Nate's satisfaction?

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

Chapter 13 marked the end of Nate's sobriety. He appears to be in a state of self-denial. He is thankful to be alive yet celebrates by drowning himself in alcohol.

1. Why do you think Nate started drinking again after surviving the plane crash?

2. Discuss what is meant by self-denial.

3. Do you think Nate would have started drinking again if the plane crash had not occurred? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Ultimately the Phelan heirs each received fifty million dollars of their father's money. Rachel established a trust with her money.

1. Do you think this was a fair settlement? Why or why not?

2. Explain in detail what you think about Rachel's settlement of her inheritance.

3. Do you Josh betrayed Troy's trust in him or do you think Troy knew the settlement would probably end up something along those lines?

Essay Topic 3

Troy kept Rachel's whereabouts to himself, refused to answer Evelyn's letters, and her desperation culminated in her suicide five years after Rachel's birth.

1. Explain, in detail, what kind of man Troy appears to be that he would keep Evelyn from seeing her daughter.

2. Do you think Evelyn's suicide could have been prevented? Why or why not?

3. Why do you think Troy would not answer Evelyn's letters? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

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