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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 "rule" does Beck devise for her and Joe?

2. What do Joe and Beck plan to do for the new employee?

3. On the way home from his final session with Dr. Nicky, Joe stops to purchase what?

4. Dr. Nicky tells Joe that he has what in his house?

5. Following the death of Peach, what does Beck tell Lynn and Chana?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dr. Nicky help Joe?

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

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

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

5. Why does Joe fire Curtis from the bookshop?

6. Who is Amy Adam?

7. Who is Ethan? What plan do Joe and Beck devise for him?

8. Where does Joe follow Dr. Nicky late one night? What happens?

9. What does everyone believe happened to Peach? How does Beck react to this news?

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

Joe finds himself involved in several conflicts over the course of the novel. Choose one instance of internal conflict and one instance of external conflict, and explain how these conflicts have an impact on the story and the characters involved.

Essay Topic 2

Does Joe experience any change over the course of the novel? In what ways does he change and in what ways does he remain the same?

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Beck and Karen Minty. In what ways are they similar? In what ways are they different? How do their similarities and differences highlight the novel’s themes?

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