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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what field does Iano have a PhD?
(a) Dentistry.
(b) Creative writing.
(c) Economics.
(d) Global politics.

2. Where is the home located that Willa's family has inherited?
(a) Manchester.
(b) Vineland.
(c) Silverton.
(d) New Brunswick.

3. When she was in eighth grade, Willa argued with her teacher that Cat Stevens was the modern-day equivalent of what poet?
(a) Robert Frost.
(b) Percy Shelley.
(c) Lord Byron.
(d) Walt Whitman.

4. What newspaper is said to be "very unfair to Captain Landis" in Chapter 6?
(a) The Freedom Flier.
(b) The Independent.
(c) The Globe.
(d) The Unitarian.

5. In what month does Chapter 2 take place?
(a) August.
(b) September.
(c) May.
(d) June.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Nick said to be dying from in Chapter 5?

2. What had Tig been earning a degree in before leaving college?

3. What do Willa and Iano tell the birdwatching couple Dusty's name is in Chapter 7?

4. Where are Jorge and Jose from?

5. Who is the social worker who suggested Willa look into getting the family on Medicaid in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Thatcher go to Mary Treat's home in Chapter 4?

2. How are Rose and Polly similar? How are they different?

3. Why has Gwendolyn come to Willa's home in Chapter 9?

4. How do Mary and Thatcher reach the Pine Barrens in Chapter 8? How is this setting described?

5. Why does Willa go to the Historical Society in Chapter 7?

6. How would you compare and contrast the characters or Rose and Mary in the novel?

7. What has brought Thatcher and his family to Vineland?

8. Why does Polly feel disappointed about her observations of the President in Chapter 6?

9. How is Christopher Hawk described when Willa first meets him?

10. What is the significance of the names in Iano's family (his sisters and children in particular)?

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