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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 does Wallace tell Hugo about husks that surprises Hugo in Chapter 15?

2. What does the person who comes into the shop in Chapter 11 that no one wants to see make sure is happening as that person works?

3. What does Hugo ask Mei to do to Wallace for him in Chapter 15?

4. What kind of dead person has a harder time understanding his life is over, according to Nelson in Chapter 16?

5. In Chapter 11, what does Nelson continue trying to teach Wallace to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Nancy come to the tea shop so often?

2. In Chapter 15, what is Alan desperate for Wallace to show him?

3. In Chapter 13, what does Nelson say about when he might leave the shop?

4. In Chapter 14, what has happened to Alan?

5. In Chapter 11, what does Desdemona do?

6. In Chapter 15, what does Wallace ask Hugo that he is terribly vulnerable in asking?

7. In Chapter 15, what does Wallace say to Alan to calm him down?

8. In Chapter 15, why is Hugo upset with the Manager?

9. In Chapter 17, what does the Manager do to Alan?

10. In Part III, how does Wallace feel about another spirit coming to the shop?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Alan Flynn's arrival at the tea house cast a different light on Wallace's self-perception of his own death and journey there? 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

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.

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