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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. At which of the following publishing houses had Fife thought to publish his first novel?

2. Which of the following films is Fife reputed to have inspired?

3. Which of the following films does MacLeod make from his interview with Fife?

4. At which of the following has Fife accepted an academic position?

5. How many questions does Malcolm prepare for Fife’s interview?

Short Essay Questions

1. From what source do the Chapmans have money?

2. How does Amanda surprise Fife when she returns to her living room before their first assignation?

3. What technique does Fife use to overcome panic aboard the plane?

4. Why does Fife tell Emma he has to confess to her in front of witnesses rather than in private?

5. What reasons does Fife give for being able to confess?

6. What objection do the Chapmans initially raise to Fife’s son’s name?

7. What reasons does Emma give to try to persuade Fife that giving the interview is unwise?

8. What reasons does Alicia give in favor of Fife accepting the Chapmans’ offer?

9. What question does Fife decide he will answer for Malcolm?

10. What distinction does the novel make between immigrants and refugees?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider the following passage:

There’s no such thing as the end of childhood, [Fife] says to Emma. It’s only innocence—infancy—that actually comes to an end. That’s when childhood begins, and childhood is a region, not a marker. And it is vast and extends even into old age and death. It’s like a coastal marsh between the land and the sea, he explains. It’s a zone of dwarfed trees and mudflats and estuaries, where waters flow back and forth in opposite directions following the pitch and fall of the land and the phases of the moon and the shifting patterns of the winds. (179)

Do your experience and observation support Fife’s assertion about the nature of childhood? How or how not?

Essay Topic 2

Describe the progress of the Chapman family’s attitude towards Fife.

Essay Topic 3

Sources attest to the presence of Foregone on several best-seller lists. Assuming that sales figures reflect popularity, what accounts for the popularity of the novel? How does it do so?

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