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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 Annie's first real job as a teenager?

2. Where was Sunny's body found after the flood?

3. Who is Thea?

4. What type of pictures does Joe Jones tell Gualtiero that he likes?

5. Where did Annie meet Albie?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Albie and Annie decide to get married in Section 1?

2. Why does Orion get "fired" in Section 1?

3. Why is Ruth worried about her soul in Section 2?

4. How are Annie and Ruth Fletcher connected?

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

6. What is the controversy over Joe Jone's death in Section 1?

7. How does Annie describe her daughter Ariane, in Section 1?

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

9. What does Orion's mother tell Orion about his father before she dies, in Section 1?

10. How did Albie and Annie's first date go in Section 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Was Annie and Orion's marriage healthy and/or happy? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

How does trauma impact the characters in the novel and their actions?

Essay Topic 3

In Section 1, Agnello uses an old Italian proverb: "Destiny shuffles the cards, but we are the ones who must play the game" (21). How does this quote apply to the plot of the novels and the character's actions?

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