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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 did Saul discover at the same time as LSD?

2. What is the name of the stray that hangs around the school?

3. What duty has Saul never shirked?

4. What does Aaron say he has not felt in his three years since his Bar Mitzvah?

5. What is the name of number 24?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Aaron's initial opinion of the Hare Krishna religion?

2. How does Aaron's relationship with his father change after Eliza wins the spelling Bee contest?

3. Describe Saul's visit with Mariam at the hospital?

4. Describe Aaron and Eliza's relationship?

5. What was Miriam's relationship like with her parents?

6. Describe Aaron's first experience at a Catholic Church.

7. How did Miriam cause her Dutch governess to lose her job?

8. What problems are starting to occur in Miriam and Saul's marriage?

9. How do the other children react to Eliza winning the spelling bee contest?

10. How does Eliza think she is different from her family before she wins the spelling bee contest?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What were the reasons for Saul and Miriam marrying? Why isn't their marriage working out? How is their marriage affecting their children?

Essay Topic 2

How does the author foreshadow the problems that occur late in the book? Why is foreshadowing important to a story?

Essay Topic 3

Why does the Hare Krishna religion appeal to Aaron? What was it about the other religions that he didn't like? How do you think Aaron's religious ideas will develop in the future?

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