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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Sim's son who is missing in the flood?
(a) Larry.
(b) Louie.
(c) Leon.
(d) Lars.

2. How many people agree to attend mass when the bishop comes?
(a) 12.
(b) 3.
(c) 27.
(d) 1.

3. Whose remains are revealed when the machine malfunctions?
(a) Rachel's.
(b) Flora's.
(c) Sim's father's.
(d) Dillon's father's.

4. When Dillon gets to the hospital, Jackie tells him that Rachel is dying because ____________________.
(a) she has had a brain aneurysm.
(b) she has had a bad heart attack.
(c) she has end-stage cancer.
(d) her lungs are filling with water.

5. What topic does Dillon talk to Jackie about so that she will write an editorial?
(a) The abuse of drugs by young people.
(b) The dangerous situation with the dam.
(c) The lack of doctors coming to the area.
(d) The availability of college scholarships.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jackie tell Tom even though he is dead when she reaches him?

2. Who does Jackie run into while in Washington, D.C.?

3. Why does Tom leave Honduras?

4. Where is Tom's body taken after he is injured?

5. Who does Dillon see on a TV program broadcast from the Kennedy Center?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tom advise Jackie to do when he unexpectedly show up in town?

2. What threat does the dam pose and how do Dillon and Arthur Lee differ in how to manage the problem?

3. What are the possible interpretations of Tom's telling Jackie that they are "not done" yet?

4. What significance do black lungs have for the story?

5. How does Hassel help Tom out when he learns that the bishop is coming for a visit?

6. What does Jackie study in college and what job does she take in Washington?

7. Describe the poignancy of Dillon being present for Rachel's death in the hospital.

8. Where does Jackie encounter Tom again and what are the circumstances that have them spending more time together?

9. How have Jackie and Tom's feelings for each other paralleled those shared by Dillon and Rachel?

10. What do Dillon and Arthur Lee do to try to warn the town about the dam which has burst?

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