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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 artists did Lucinda love that were played when she danced with Fenno in Chapter 13?

2. Where did Fern meet Tony?

3. How big is the garage at Tealing?

4. What does Fern serve Fenno to drink in Chapter 15?

5. In Chapter 11, what color was the shirt that Fenno remembered receiving from Tony?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Jonah die and how did Fern learn of his death?

2. In the more than ten years that Fern has known Tony, where has he lived?

3. How did Felicity respond when Fenno took her to Mal's in Chapter 13?

4. What does the neighbor look like when she brings a few goodies in Chapter 15?

5. In Chapter 10, how were the readings at the bookstore?

6. What happened to Mal in Chapter 12 when Fenno went to Paris?

7. Who is Stavros?

8. Who were Mal's mother's heroines?

9. How does Tony leave a place that he has borrowed?

10. What photos does Lucinda show after dinner in Chapter 9 and what is her relationship to the people in the photos?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The theme of appreciation for life runs through the novel. Which characters do not appreciate their lives? Why is Fenno especially unappreciative? How do characters and experiences teach Fenno to appreciate life?

Essay Topic 2

Fenno is an angry and miserable person. What choices has Fenno made that cause him to be angry and miserable? How do his feelings affect his relationship with his family? Does he have to change before his relationship with his family can change?

Essay Topic 3

Fenno and Fern know how easily love can be lost. How do their past experiences with love color their view of love? Do they ever give up on desiring love? How do they finally find love?

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