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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Jesse like?

2. What does Ira refuse to do?

3. How does Leroy act when she sees her grandparents?

4. What did Maggie assume that the old man wanted to happen at the end of his life?

5. What does Ira show Leroy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1. What kind of friendship do Serena and Maggie have?

2. Describe times where Maggie acts as a good friend to Serena.

3. Is it the kind of friendship that you would hope you and your closest friend would have?

Essay Topic 2

1. How is Maggie and Ira's life symbolic of the journey they take together in the novel?

2. Would you say that life is a journey that we embark in alone?

3. It is then our choice to pick a partner for the ride?

4. How is the drive from Baltimore and back symbolic of their relationship?

5. Is it important that the whole book happens in one day?

Essay Topic 3

Maggie often wonders about what could have been. Do you agree or disagree with that statement?

1. What are some happenings that Maggie wishes were different in her life?

2. How can Maggie make those changes now?

3. What is it about Maggie's personality that makes her unable to accept her life?

4. Being unsatisfied with ones life or personal projects can be extremely draining and depressing. Do you think that Maggie ever exhibits these qualities in the novel? Why or why not?

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