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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. Which of the following had been a friend to Sam’s grandmother?

2. On which street in New York did Sam once live?

3. What is the name of Emily’s horse?

4. With which of the following does the main text of the novel end?

5. On whose does Sadie’s London game center?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Emily give her neighbors rocks?

2. Why does Marx hesitate to tell Sam of his romance with Sadie?

3. What scene confronts Sam when he returns to his office after the shooting?

4. What core belief does Sam report in his TED talk?

5. What does Zevin note as of interest about her novel’s typeface?

6. To what is the initial success of Mapleworld ascribed?

7. Why does Marx value the end of The Iliad?

8. What is the format of the class Sadie teaches?

9. Why does Marx pride himself on his memory?

10. What is Sam’s method for avoiding the appearance of disability?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the novel, some characters are given but one name, while others are given first- and surnames, and still others are accorded names and titles. What significance, if any, accrues to patterns of naming in the novel? If no significance accrues, what purpose might be served by the patterns of naming in the novel? How does Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow bear as much out?

Essay Topic 2

A character in the novel remarks that “the people who give you charity are never your friends. It is not possible to receive charity from a friend” (23). Is the character’s remark correct? What in the novel and in experience indicate as much, and how do they do so?

Essay Topic 3

Consider the ending of the novel. Does it satisfy? How or how not?

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