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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 type of music did Karina once play?
2. When Karina visits Richard in the ninth chapter, what does she bring with her?
3. What is the name of the home health aide who comes in the afternoon?
4. Richard's pulmonologist has warned him in Chapter Ten that what machine will soon be necessary?
5. As the audience applauds in the Prologue to the novel, how does Richard feel?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Richard's relationship like with his father?
2. Who is Elise and how did Karina meet her? What does Elise want Karina to do?
3. Who is Martyna and how did she influence Karina?
4. What idea does Richard have in Chapter Eleven? What does Bill think about this idea? Why?
5. Who is Kathy DeVillo and how does she help Richard?
6. What information does Elise give Karina during their morning walk in Chapter Eight?
7. What does Kathy DeVillo recommend Richard start doing in Chapter Seven? Explain several things.
8. What is the "invisible presence" Richard feels every morning and why does he tell himself to be grateful for it?
9. When Karina visits Richard for the second time, what changes in him does she notice?
10. How does Richard adapt to the piano after the loss of his right hand? What does he find comfort in?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare and contrast Richard’s relationship with his father and with his daughter. How are they similar, and how are they different? Does Richard arrive at a place of peace with each before he dies? If so, how?
Essay Topic 2
Who is Alexander Lynch and what role does he play in Karina’s development? How would her development change (or not) had Lynch not been included in the story?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the author’s choice to tell this story by using alternating perspectives. How does viewing the action through the eyes of both Richard and Karina affect the story? How would the book be different if the story was told through just one of their perspectives?
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