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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 is Joey Morphy's occupation?

2. What does Joey dream about doing?

3. What does the sleepwalker touch?

4. What does Baker call Ethan when he comes to the store after Mary withdraws the money?

5. What does Ethan say is making people look at him differently?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Biggers comes back into the store?

2. What happens when Ethan sees Danny on his way home from the harbor?

3. What does Ethan think about when he wakes up on the Saturday before Easter?

4. What are Joey's rules of life?

5. What does Marullo want to do to save money at the beginning of the book?

6. What does Ethan do before he comes home from work at the beginning of Part Two?

7. What is the contest that Ethan's children want to join?

8. What distracts Ethan while he is at Dinner with Mary and Margie?

9. What does Ellen ask Ethan the day before Easter?

10. What does Ethan say to Mary when he returns home from the harbor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Baker and Marullo are two very similar people, and yet they have some very notable and important differences. Using the text to cite some support, write a comparison/contrast essay about these two characters.

Essay Topic 2

Margie presents a very interesting and unique philosophy on life. What is this philosophy, and how does this different idealism affect the people around her?

Essay Topic 3

Why did Danny become the town drunk, and how does this change in his lifestyle affect the people in his life?

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