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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 family members go to Sylvie's college graduation?

2. After Charlie's death, where does Rose decide to move?

3. How much of a gap is there between when Sylvie stops sleeping at Julia and William's apartment and when she gets her own place?

4. What time does William leave the apartment and tell Julia their marriage is over?

5. Where does William work on campus?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Julia realize about the way she convinced William to go to graduate school?

2. How does Rose react when she learns Cecelia is pregnant?

3. What are meals like at the Padavano home, and what do they serve William when he comes to dinner for the first time?

4. How do William and Julia meet?

5. Why does William not want to move into a larger apartment before the baby is born?

6. What does William receive from his father when he is in the hospital recuperating from his knee injury in 1982?

7. What is the house and neighborhood like where the Padavano family lives?

8. What happens when Julia takes Rose to the airport?

9. What conversation do William and Sylvie have outside William and Julia's apartment one night, and why does it feel dangerous later?

10. After Sylvie has to drop out of college, how is she able to reenroll?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In Hello Beautiful, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

Essay Topic 2

When William is missing, his friends team up to find him. What is revealed about teams and teamwork when everyone works together to find William?

Essay Topic 3

Alice and Julia have one another and very few other people. How would you describe the relationship between Julia and Alice? How does that relationship affect Alice and the influence the type of person she becomes?

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