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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 will Ethan use the $3,000 from Mary's account for?

2. What does Ethan do to make people think he will be in the bathroom?

3. Whom does Ethan think should own the talisman now?

4. Why does Margie think her alimony money is about to stop?

5. What does Ethan find in his pocket at the end of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did one of Ethan's fellow officers do to concentrate on the war?

2. How does Mary respond when she hears that Ethan now owns the store?

3. What does Ethan say July usually is?

4. How was Allen's plagiarism discovered?

5. What does Ethan do when Biggers comes into the store for the first time after Ethan owns it?

6. What place did Allen take in the essay contest, and why is Ethan so surprised by this?

7. What does Stoney tell Ethan after he talks to Biggers for the first time since owning the store?

8. Why does Ethan say he does not want to run for the town manager's office?

9. What big event does Ethan plan to do on July 1st and why?

10. What changes Ethan's mind about what he wanted to do a the end of the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Personal identity is one of the main themes in this book. Where does this theme appear, and how does its inclusion in the novel shape the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

The characters in this novel all have their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and write their main motivation throughout the book and how this goal affects the characters around them.

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