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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. Who gave Joe's address to Beck?

2. In addition to typewriters, what other item does Joe collect?

3. What does Peach fear following the break-in at her apartment?

4. Joe overhears Dr. Nicky's wife saying what?

5. While Joe is in Peach's house, he listens as Beck discovers what news?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is the Captain? Who does Joe initially fear he is? How does the learn the Captain's true identity?

2. What emergency causes Beck to rush to Peach's aid?

3. Why does Joe fire Curtis from the bookshop?

4. Why does Dr. Nicky stop seeing Joe as a patient?

5. What do Beck and Peach learn while in Little Compton? What happens to Peach?

6. How does Dr. Nicky help Joe?

7. Why does Joe attend the Charles Dickens Festival? What does he do there?

8. Describe Joe and Beck's romantic date.

9. Why is there a hole in Joe's wall? How does he explain it to Beck?

10. Following Joe's discovery in Peach's house, what does he begin to do every morning? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the effects technology and social media have on Joe and Beck. What point do you think the author is trying to make regarding these innovations?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the characters of Benji, the Captain, and Dr. Nicky. Analyze the effects each has on both Joe and the plot as a whole.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze how the novel’s settings influence both the character of Joe and the novel’s plot.

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