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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 do some of the people at the Co-Op suspect Abelove knows?

2. Why does Michael Sr. ask Mike about a white horse?

3. What warning does Marianne hear when people pay too much attention to her?

4. Why does Aunt Ethel call Marianne?

5. What happens to Corrine's antiques?

Short Essay Questions

1. At what kind of place is Judd as he heads to the Fourth of July celebration in 1993?

2. How does Corrine react to Judd's moving away from home?

3. What bothers Judd the most after his father's death when they go to scatter his ashes?

4. How does Patrick explain to Judd the reason he doesn't want to see their parents?

5. Why, after Marianne admits she is in love with Abelove, doesn't she want to accept his proposal?

6. Why does Mike Jr. visit his father in Rochester?

7. What happens to Michael Sr. that finally initiates the phone call Marianne has been waiting for from her mother?

8. What is it that Marianne fears about people making too much of her, worrying about her, or touching her?

9. In the chapter, "Tears," what is it that Marianne is patiently waiting for?

10. Why, if Abelove loves Marianne, doesn't he search harder for her after she leaves?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the purpose behind Patrick setting off the stink bomb at his graduation? Is he bitter about the way people are treating his family? Is it a prank meant to show off how intelligent he is? Is it a way to get out of giving the valedictorian speech? What other possible reasons might he have had?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

In the chapter titled "Secrets," Michael has a long discussion with his sons, Mike and Patrick, about how he expects them to treat girls. What does that conversation reveal about Michael? About Mike and Patrick?

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