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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. Frank awakens on a bright August morning to realize what?

2. As he gets off the bus in her New York neighborhood on a Friday afternoon, by whom is Frank approached?

3. Out what does Shep get Frank Wheeler in New York?

4. Where has April Wheeler been admitted?

5. Does John accept Frank's explanation for why they decided not to move?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Norma tell Frank?

2. How does April act as John leaves for work?

3. What does April repeatedly ask Frank? What does she wonder about Frank?

4. What do the Campbells and Wheelers do when they are bored with each other's company?

5. How does John act on his way in the car to the Wheelers'?

6. What does Frank decide once he has completed three more marketing brochures for Bart Pollock?

7. How does John act around the Wheelers?

8. How do the characters know something happened to April?

9. For what does Pollock praise Frank?

10. What does Milly recount about the final resolution of the Wheeler family?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The final chapter reveals the various characters dealing with the death of April.

Part 1) How do each of the characters grieve for April? What does this grief reveal about each of them?

Part 2) How do these varying forms of grief reflect how death affects people in real life?

Part 3) How might April feel if she could see her family and neighbors at this point? Use the story to support your response.

Essay Topic 2

John speaks the truth.

Part 1) How does John's insanity affect his behavior? How does his behavior affect the others? Why?

Part 2) Do his actions and words reveal him to be insane? Why or why not?

Part 3) What would the world be like if more people spoke the truth, like John?

Essay Topic 3

A theme found in this story regards the difficulties of relationships.

Part 1) How is this theme threaded throughout the play among the various characters?

Part 2) Would you consider this a universal theme? Why or why not?

Part 3) With what message does the author leave the reader at the end of the book, regarding this theme? How do you know this?

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