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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 Danny's last name?

2. What is happening to Danny in Ethan's dream on Easter?

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

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

5. What is the name of Ethan's oldest daughter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Mary and Ethan argue about as they walk home from the Bakers' house, and how does it end?

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

3. What causes Ethan to forget to open the store doors the day before Easter?

4. What does Ethan think may have caused him to become a clerk when he lost his fortune?

5. What does Ethan think of when he goes to the old harbor?

6. What is Ethan's strategy to get rid of a bad memory, and where did he learn this?

7. What does Allen say he wants to be when he grows up, and why?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

What are some of the forms of foreshadowing used in this book, and how do those moments affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

How does Ellen's relationship with her brother change over the course of the plot, and what is the main event that causes their feelings about each other to change so dramatically?

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