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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the nurses take Charity into the house?
(a) The sun is too hot
(b) She is overtired
(c) It is getting dark
(d) A storm is coming

2. What disease does Sally have?
(a) Polio
(b) Epilepsy
(c) Diabetes
(d) Cancer

3. Where do the Morgans live now?
(a) Trenton
(b) Malvern
(c) Pittsburgh
(d) Cambridge

4. What is Hallie's profession?
(a) Artist
(b) Securities Analyst
(c) Professor
(d) Psychoanalyst

5. Larry says that people are made to _______________________________.
(a) Improve the world
(b) Be happy
(c) Survive whatever happens to them
(d) Find their destiny

Short Answer Questions

1. For what reason does Sally express regret?

2. What city does Sally say she and Larry were young in?

3. Where does Larry go to work after the start of World War II?

4. What does Charity say about the state of her health?

5. What does Sally need to help her get around?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the metaphor of Adam and Eve used throughout the novel.

2. To what does Larry compare the drowning mouse he comes across while searching for Sid?

3. How has the necessity for rescue changed between the two couples?

4. Explain the method that Sally has of categorizing her memories.

5. How has Sid and Charity's home changed from the time the Langs first saw it in 1938?

6. Why does Larry consider their year in Italy to be one of the best and most youthful for Sally and him?

7. How does the author extend the Adam and Eve metaphor in this chapter?

8. How does the author use the Adam and Eve metaphor to advance the plot?

9. Although Larry and Sally never had the advantages or financial ease that Sid and Charity did, they seem to have a better marriage. Explain how the author reveals this.

10. How is Charity able to assert some control over Larry's life while her own husband resists her attempts?

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