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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. In Chapter 9 when Fenno stops at an inn he and Mal visited, what does the inn keeper offer to heat up for Fenno?

2. What does Tony fix for dinner at the beginning of Chapter 14?

3. How long did the dog Mavis live?

4. How many attended Maureen's graveside rites?

5. Where did Mal's mother and father spend time in Scotland before their children were born?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Fenno go to Paris in Chapter 12?

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

3. What did Mal spend his time doing at the beginning of Chapter 13?

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

5. In Chapter 11, why do David and Fenno go through the trash from the dinner that was held after Paul's memorial service?

6. Who is Stavros?

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

8. In Chapter 13, where did Fenno go with Lucinda on a Friday evening?

9. What has Fern learned about Tony throughout the years she has known him?

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

Fenno finds a letter his father wrote to him and never mailed. What does Fenno start to learn from the letter? How do these lessons affect Fenno and his attitude toward life?

Essay Topic 2

Paul travels to Greece, and Fenno makes trips to Scotland. In what ways are these trips more than physical journeys? How do these journeys affect the men, their personalities, their character, and how they feel about themselves?

Essay Topic 3

Paul’s ashes disappear. What controversy is there about the ashes and their disposal? What does the disappearance of the ashes symbolize?

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