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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 objects does Dwight hold onto to maintain his ties to his family?

2. How do Dwight and Moira avoid thinking about the end?

3. What disturbs Dwight about one painting?

4. What does the group of dead people in the gazebo look like?

5. What special fuel does John need for his Ferrari?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Dwight upset over a painting at the National Gallery?

2. How is Moira changing from thinking planting plants for the next year is a silly waste of time?

3. What condition does Peter put on his continuing service in the Navy?

4. How does John say the sickness goes near the end?

5. What is Dwight's condition when he arrives at the Davidson house?

6. How does being in the submarine compare to racing the Ferrari to John?

7. Explain the surprise Moira has for Dwight when they meet for lunch.

8. Explain what prevents Dwight from going fishing for trout before September 1st.

9. What is Mary's initial reaction to the suicide pills and syringe?

10. Why does John say his uncle, Sir Froude, still appears to be healthy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about the value of friendships. Using John and Peter as examples, write about the support one gets from making good friendships in life. Sometimes family is not near or for some reason cannot offer the support a good friend has to offer.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay about optimism as the mirror image of denial. Express the difference between optimism and denial. Give examples from the novel that indicate an optimism that something might happen to prevent the approaching radiation cloud from reaching Melbourne.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about the responsibility people have to others when taking any action. In your essay show how governments did not take into consideration anything but their own greedy desires, never once thinking how their nuclear attacks might affect the entire world. Take it down to a less grand level and write about how even small personal actions my affect not just ourselves but others as well.

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