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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. Why is Janine fixated on this number?

2. Who sometimes takes Cindy to the cemetery?

3. Who is Janine?

4. What does Janine call Miles?

5. What does Janine end up writing on the napkin?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Max and what he represents in the town of Empire Falls.

2. How is Tick different from most of the residents of Empire Falls?

3. Explain the irony in Miles' not having driven a car before taking driver's education.

4. What is the Exacto knife and why does it signify foreshadowing for the plot?

5. Why does David keep pressuring Miles about a liquor license?

6. What is the setting for the story?

7. How does Miles try to help John Voss.

8. How is Miles' good heart exhibited in the scene with a hungover Buster?

9. Who is John Voss?

10. Explain the economic dynamics of the town as the story begins.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The river becomes almost a character itself. Create a character sketch of the river complete with positive and negative characteristics.

Essay Topic 2

Do a character sketch of Miles Roby including positive and negative characteristics. Why is Miles the protagonist in the story?

Essay Topic 3

During the Martha's Vineyard trip, Charlie, Grace and Miles all get poison ivy. Explain what the poison ivy is a metaphor for in this chapter. Why is it different for each of the three characters?

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