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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. What does Charity say is all she needed to make her death the way she has envisioned it?
(a) To see her grandchildren
(b) To see another Christmas
(c) To see her children
(d) To see Larry and Sally

2. What is growing in the wooded areas along the way?
(a) Blueberry bushes
(b) Mushrooms
(c) Raspberry bushes
(d) Evergreen trees

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

4. What does Sid do when he sees the Morgans?
(a) Jumps to his feet
(b) Goes silent
(c) Cries
(d) Smiles

5. Where do Sid, Larry and Sally find Charity?
(a) In the pool
(b) On the back porch
(c) In bed
(d) In her recliner

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Larry catch Sid and Charity doing in the nude?

2. Where is the family having a picnic?

3. What has Charity planned?

4. How does Sally get to the terrace?

5. What job does Larry have?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the situation the characters find themselves in when the novel returns to the present day in 1972?

4. What plans has Charity made for her family for after her death?

5. How do Sally's memories provide a different perspective about Charity for Hallie?

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

7. How does Charity maintain control even though her death is imminent?

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

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

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