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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 doesn't Marianne take with her?
2. What does Hewie admit when he and Marianne get back to the Co-Op after going to her grandmother's funeral?
3. What happens on the first day of summer in the chapter titled, "On My Own"?
4. When Patrick pretends to be an old friend of Zach's when he calls, what does Zach's mother say?
5. How does Marianne feel about Abelove?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Marianne leave Penelope Hagstrom's?
2. How does Patrick explain to Judd the reason he doesn't want to see their parents?
3. Why, if Abelove loves Marianne, doesn't he search harder for her after she leaves?
4. What happens after Michael Sr. files for bankruptcy?
5. What is the difference between the relationship that Patrick has with Marianne and the one he has with Judd?
6. What makes Patrick decide to let Zach live?
7. What happens to Michael Sr. that finally initiates the phone call Marianne has been waiting for from her mother?
8. Why does Mike Jr. visit his father in Rochester?
9. Why, after Marianne admits she is in love with Abelove, doesn't she want to accept his proposal?
10. What is happening to Marianne's grades in college and why is it happening?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Have the students write an essay about Michael Mulvaney's relationship with his own father and how that might have impacted the kind of father he was.
Essay Topic 2
Explain exactly what Patrick means when he says, "Chance follows design," and how does it fit into Patrick's plan for justice?
Essay Topic 3
What do Judd's realizations in the chapter "Every Heartbeat," reveal about him at that point of the story? Explain how that realization could have had an impact on his reaction to all the things that were happening to his family after Marianne's rape.
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