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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. How much does Viveca's perfume cost?

2. What color is Viveca's wedding dress?

3. What is Orion listening to on the radio in Section 1?

4. What magazine does Patrice Arnofsky write for?

5. When did Agnello's wife, Anja, die?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Section 1, who is Siobhan?

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

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

5. In Section 1, Orion is accused of having a sexually inappropriate relationship with a student. How do his colleges react to these allegations and how does this impact Orion?

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

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

8. Who is Ruth Fletcher?

9. How does Annie describe Albie 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

How does Annie's abuse toward Andrew impact the family?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the titles of the five separate parts of the novel. What do their titles signify and symbolize in the novel?

Essay Topic 3

What role does religion play in the novel? What characters, specifically, seems to be influenced the most by religion or the lack of religion in their lives?

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