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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. Who is the ferryman?

2. What does Mei call the hook and cable that connects Wallace and Hugo?

3. What is Wallace's last name?

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

5. What does Nelson do in Chapter 8 that Wallace desperately wants to do?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What happens that humiliates Wallace and amuses everyone else in Chapter 8?

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

7. Why does Hugo keep so many pictures of far-away places in the tea shop?

8. In Chapter 7, what does Hugo show Wallace to try to calm him down?

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

10. How does Wallace feel when Mei first touches him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is Hugo's own family backstory important to the fact that he is a ferryman? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Klune develop the idea of Hugo's and Wallace's mutual attraction to each other? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What do you think Klune means to represent with the characters who are "husks," especially Cameron, and their outcomes? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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