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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 Nate probably have?

2. Who does Josh call to find out about Nate?

3. What happens to the Santa Loura?

4. What does Nate offer to do for Rachel?

5. Where is Nate drawn as he wanders the city?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Nate feel like back in D.C. and what did he do about it?

3. Why did Josh want to speak to Nate and why was it impossible?

4. 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?

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

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

7. What does Rachel see about Nate and what does she offer?

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

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

10. What did Rachel say to Nate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Once in South America Nate continued to feel lonely. The feeling of loneliness wasn't about his job or his family. It was a feeling deep inside because he does not like himself and can therefore not find peace.

1. Do you believe people can be happy if they don't like themselves? Why or why not?

2. Why do you think Nate disliked himself? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

3. Explain in detail how you would feel if you were in Nate's situation in Brazil.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

In the opening of THE TESTAMENT, a multi-billionaire carries out a plan to do what he wants with his money rather than what his family wants.

1. Do you think Troy Phelan should have to go through so much trouble just to make sure his will was legally incontestability? Why or why not?

2. What do you think of a man who would leave all his money to a daughter he has never seen and give the rest of his family very little of a huge estate? Use examples from your own experience and beliefs to support your answer.

3. Do you think Troy's relatives are wrong for trying to get his money? Why or why not?

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