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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 is Wallace wearing when he dies?

2. What does Mei say about Hugo's strengths in Chapter 9?

3. What is Mei?

4. In Chapter 6, where does Wallace flee to?

5. What does Nelson tell Wallace to do at the end of Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Mei and Hugo not eat in front of Nelson and Wallace?

2. What connects Wallace and Hugo?

3. How does Wallace die, and when does he realize he is dead?

4. What does Wallace notice about the tea shop in Chapter 8?

5. What does Wallace realize he has no desire to do as a spirit?

6. Who intrigues Wallace at his own funeral, and why?

7. In Chapter 9, what does Mei tell Wallace of her family?

8. What is Wallace's first experience with death?

9. Who is Nelson and why does he stay at the tea shop?

10. What does Wallace realize people really think of him at his own funeral?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Klune treat the subjects of both suicide and murder? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

What issues surrounding death and grieving does Klune explore through the lens of Desdemona's character? Write an essay explaining your answers.

Essay Topic 3

What kind of language and tone does Klune employ in Under the Whispering Door, and how does it affect the reader's experience of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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