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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. Where does the embassy tell the travelers to go in order to get cash from their credit cars in Dar es Salaam in Part 2: The Lover?

2. When Damon and his fellow travelers arrive in Dar es Salaam, Christian, Jerome and Alice are in one room and Damon stays with whom in the other?

3. Tanzania is located in what region of Africa?

4. In Part 2: The Lover, a border guard on the Malawi side of the border tells Damon to bribe whom in order to cross in Part 2: The Lover?

5. What is the altitude of Mbeya?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Damon grow to dislike about his original group of travelers in Malawi in Part Two: The Lover?

2. Why do Damon and his group of friends travel to Kenya in Part Two: The Lover?

3. Where does Damon reconnect with Christian, Jerome and the others after crossing the border in Part Two: The Lover?

4. What traveler from Chile joins Damon's group in Part Two: The Lover? How does Damon describe his feelings about crossing the border in this chapter?

5. Who is Damon invited to join on a trip to Malawi in Part Two: The Lover? How does Damon feel about this group?

6. About what does Damon worry in Tanzania in Part Two: The Lover? Where do he and his group go to stay in Tanzania?

7. Where is Damon found traveling in the beginning of Part Two: The Lover? How has he changed?

8. How does Damon eventually get across the Tanzanian border in Part Two: The Lover?

9. How does Damon's isolation grow stronger when he is with the first traveling group in Malawi in Part Two: The Lover?

10. Where does Damon travel and have a sublime solitary experience in the beginning of Part Two: The Lover? How is it described?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Damon's reuniting with Jerome, Christian, Alice and Rodrigo in Part Two. How do the characters feel about seeing one another again? How does Damon feel about being able to stay with the group?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of longing in the novel. How is longing represented through the character of Reiner?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the role of Charles in Part Two: The Lover. How does Damon feel about Charles when they first meet? How old is Charles and where is he from?

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