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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 happens to Wallace when he flees to the village?

2. What is the name of the shop Mei takes Wallace to?

3. What does Hugo say to Wallace at the very end of Chapter 10?

4. What happens in the end of Chapter 5 when Wallace gets angry?

5. What is the one kind thing Naomi says she remembers Wallace doing for her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Wallace think of the tea Hugo makes for him?

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

3. What does Wallace think of the tea shop, Charon's Crossing, when he first sees it?

4. Why does Wallace fire Patricia?

5. How do Mei and Hugo speak about the Manager?

6. How do Wallace and Hugo mimic touching in Chapter 9?

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

8. Why is Mei delayed in bringing Wallace back to Charon's Crossing?

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

10. In Chapter 9, what does Hugo tell Wallace about how he became a ferryman?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Wallace help Nancy, and what is innovative about his approach to helping her? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring the different ways Klune approaches an exploration of grief in this novel, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Why do you think Klune sets the scene of Wallace's discomfort and humiliation at his own funeral, and how does this episode set the reader's expectation for what is to come next? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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