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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. Where do Annie's brother and his wife live?
(a) Montana.
(b) California.
(c) Rhode Island.
(d) Pennsylvania.

2. What is the name of Viveca's wedding dress?
(a) Aphrodite.
(b) Zeus.
(c) Gaia.
(d) Athena.

3. Where did Annie go after she and Albie broke up?
(a) New York City.
(b) Maine.
(c) California.
(d) Three Rivers.

4. What is the name of the poem that opens the novel?
(a) Ghost of a Chance.
(b) The Water is Wet.
(c) We are Water.
(d) Oceans on Oceans.

5. Where did Belinda work?
(a) The local pre-school.
(b) The Burger King.
(c) The Diary Queen.
(d) The library.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Agnello when he comes to America?

2. What suspicious place did Ruth find Claude in Section 2?

3. Where is Orion heading in Section 1?

4. What big decision did Orion make after he left his job in Section 1?

5. What is Annie's education level?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Annie describe the change in her son, Andrew, between his child hood and present day, in Section 1?

2. What does Orion say he plans to do while he is in Cape Cod, in Section 1?

3. Who is Ruth Fletcher?

4. How does Annie's career progress, as she tells it in Section 1?

5. What did Annie dream a few nights after meeting Orion's mom, in Section 1?

6. How are Annie and Ruth Fletcher connected?

7. What does Joe Jones tell Mr. Angello about his personal history, in Section 1?

8. How does Annie describe Vivica's wedding dress in Section 1?

9. How does Annie describe Albie in Section 1?

10. In Section 1, who is Siobhan?

(see the answer keys)

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