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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. Patty does not like talking about whom?

2. Carol Monaghan's behavior is described as what in "Good Neighbors"?

3. What is the name of the Berglunds' neighborhood?

4. Connie Monaghan has a clear attachment for which member of the Berglund family?

5. Joey Bergland starts a lucrative business with whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Walter? How does Patty meet him, and what does she think of him?

2. What is the only information about her past that Patty shares with others?

3. What happens after Patty leaves Eliza for the last time?

4. How do Patty and Richard end up taking a road trip? What happens during that trip?

5. Who is Carol Monaghan and what is her relationship to the Berglunds?

6. Why does Walter invite Richard to stay at his lake house?

7. What happens while Patty and Richard are at the lake house?

8. What is Patty's relationship with her two children like?

9. Who are Patty's parents and what do they do?

10. What decision do the Berglunds make after Joey goes away to college?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Birds are central to the novel. Write an essay in which you analyze the impact of birds both on Walter's character and the novel as a whole.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze Connie's impact on the novel. How does she affect the characters and influence the plot as a whole?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Walter and Richard as character foils. How are they similar, and how are they different? How do they influence one another? What do their differences say about one another?

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