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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 is Charity giving to each of her children?

2. What is Charity's plan?

3. Where does Sally spend the night?

4. How does Larry adapt to time in Vermont?

5. Who is Hallie's husband?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to the relationship between the Morgans and the Langs during World War II?

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

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

5. Why does Sid not want to go on the family picnic?

6. 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.

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

8. How is Charity managing her illness?

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

10. What revelation does Sid share with Larry about his life?

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

In what ways are Sally and Sid alike? In what ways are Charity and Larry alike? Could they be happy if they were to switch marriage partners? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Why does Larry describe the Langs and the Morgans as "two Adams and Eves?" What does he mean by that? Why does the author use this metaphor? Explain.

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