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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 the name of the shop Mei takes Wallace to?

2. What is Wallace wearing when he dies?

3. Who is the husband of the employee Wallace is speaking to in Chapter 1?

4. What does Wallace do to his employee in Chapter 1?

5. In Chapter 10, what does Nelson teach Wallace to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Wallace runs away from the tea shop?

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

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

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

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

6. What does Wallace desperately want to do that he sees Nelson doing in Chapter 8?

7. What does Hugo tell Wallace about the reaper Hugo had before Mei when Wallace asks in Chapter 8?

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

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

10. What does Nelson tell Wallace in Chapter 9 that no one else knowsn?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which characters receive a second chance in this book, and how does Klune describe the nature of second chances? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

What does Wallace feel he has in common with Cameron, once he begins to understand Cameron's pain? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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