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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 has Charity selected for Sid?
2. Why do the nurses take Charity into the house?
3. Where do Sally and Larry have to move for Larry's new job?
4. What has Charity refused to do?
5. What is Larry doing at the beginning of Part 3: Chapter 4?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the author extend the Adam and Eve metaphor in this chapter?
2. What is the situation the characters find themselves in when the novel returns to the present day in 1972?
3. To what does Larry compare the drowning mouse he comes across while searching for Sid?
4. What plans has Charity made for her family for after her death?
5. 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.
6. Explain the metaphor of Adam and Eve used throughout the novel.
7. How do Sally's memories provide a different perspective about Charity for Hallie?
8. Why does Larry consider their year in Italy to be one of the best and most youthful for Sally and him?
9. How does Charity maintain control even though her death is imminent?
10. How has the necessity for rescue changed between the two couples?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The Adam and Eve metaphor continues when Sally gets ill. Why does Larry know that they are about to be "banished from paradise?" What is the outcome of Larry's premonition? Is he right or wrong? Explain.
Essay Topic 2
Even though Larry is an accomplished writer and wonderful teacher, he still feels insecure in his university position. Explain why Larry feels that he does not measure up to the others in the department? Is it something they have done to him or do his insecurities stem from himself?
Essay Topic 3
The author begins the story in the present day and tells the story through a series of flashbacks. Why did he choose to tell his story this way? In what way is a flashback technique more interesting for a reader? In what ways is it more complicated?
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