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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 kind of music does John listen to when he jogs?
2. What is the flight number that Edward was on with his family that crashes?
3. Who approaches Edward in Part II to ask about someone who died in the crash?
4. What does Shay tell Edward to pretend during their first day at lunch in the new cafeteria?
5. Which state does Florida tell Linda she lived in a couple of hundred years ago?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Part I, how does Edward feel about going to live with Lacey and John?
2. Why does Dr. Mike tell Edward that so many people seem to want to tell Edward about their own lives?
3. What is one of the few things Edward and Lacey do exclusively together in Part II that Edward likes and feels comfortable with?
4. How does Crispin Cox treat his nurse on the plane in Part I?
5. Why does the flight attendant, Veronica, attract so much attention?
6. What does Benjamin Stillman think when he sees how the Adler family interacts with each other?
7. In Part II, what is one thing Edward loved to do before the crash that he cannot bear the thought of afterwards?
8. In Part II, what thoughts are bothering Benjamin Stillman about his time in the army?
9. In Part I, what is immediately the most unusual and extraordinary circumstance about the plane crash?
10. Why are the Adlers moving from New York to Los Angeles?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay explaining the turmoil Benjamin Stillman is dealing with at the time of the crash, and describe what plans he had made about his path forward in life.
Essay Topic 2
What is Edward most surprised and upset by in the way they world views and reacts to him as the sole survivor of a crash that killed 191 people? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
Why is Edward so distraught when Shay finally tells him he cannot continue sleeping in her room? How does her setting this boundary change their relationship for a while? Write an essay explaining your answer.
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