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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. Where do Ethan and Mary go for their holiday together?

2. What is the weather like as Ethan and Mary head out on their vacation together?

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

4. Who notices that the talisman is missing?

5. How does Margie get money without having a job?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Margie offer to do for Ethan and Mary on the day Ethan learns he now owns the store?

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

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

5. What does Ethan plan to do in his special place at the end of the book, and why?

6. What does Margie say to Ethan while he is on a walk after Allen's party?

7. How was Allen's plagiarism discovered?

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

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

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

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 2

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 3

Fear is a common theme in this book that is presented a number of times by a number of characters. What are some of these instances, and how does fear affect the characters in the book?

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