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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 was the name of the exhibit where Joe and Gualtiero met?

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

3. Where did Belinda work?

4. Where is Orion heading in Section 1?

5. Where is Rufus's wife's nationality?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Joe Jones start painting?

2. In Section 1, who is Siobhan?

3. What does Annie learn about Minnie, her housekeeper, in Section 1?

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

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

6. How did Albie and Annie's first date go 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. How does Annie's career progress, as she tells it in Section 1?

9. Who is Ruth Fletcher?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Orion's attack change him as a character?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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

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