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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 is Nicholas' reaction when he sees Paige working at the hospital?

2. When they discuss being artists, what does Astrid tell Paige about May that surprises Paige?

3. What does Paige ask Nicholas for when she shows up on his doorstep?

4. Where is Max's favorite place to play in his grandparents' house?

5. Who does Paige draw when she is upset at Nicholas and worried about Max?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Nicholas think he sees during the surgery that Paige gets to observe?

2. Why does the communications director at the hospital want to meet with Paige?

3. What do Nicholas and Paige discover is wrong with Max?

4. Where does Paige go and what does she do after she sees Max with all the tubes still in him from surgery?

5. How does Paige react when she sees Max in the recovery room after his surgery?

6. What does Nicholas discover as he looks into divorcing Paige?

7. How does Nicholas become the acting chief of cardiac surgery?

8. How does Nicholas react to Paige's plea to stop the divorce and give her a second chance?

9. What happens when Paige sees Max for the first time in three months?

10. What is Paige thinking after she believes Max is dead?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss what Astrid means by this statement, referring to May: "She didn't have a choice, you know. She is no different from me. Or you."

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the irony that Nicholas struggles to take care of Max in the same ways that Paige did. Does this give him any insight into his wife and their marriage?

Essay Topic 3

Patrick O'Toole tells Paige the story of Cuchulainn and Dechtire. What does the story symbolize and how is it used throughout the novel?

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