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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. The loud gyrations of the drummer remind Frank of whom?

2. What reactions do the Wheelers get as they announce they have decided not to move to France?

3. Over what statement do Frank and April still fight?

4. About what does this woman grill Frank?

5. Where has April Wheeler been admitted?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Frank react when April does not seem to think that what John said was insane?

2. How did Milly feel about selling the house to the Brace family?

3. What reactions do the Wheelers receive when they announce they have decided not to move to France?

4. What does Frank realize about the hotel where Bart Pollock takes him to lunch?

5. What are Frank's concerns?

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

7. What does April do with the letter she had written John?

8. What does Norma tell Frank?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The play begins with a community theater production of a play.

Part 1) What is the purpose of this play, regarding this story?

Part 2) What is learned about the various characters? Why is this important?

Part 3) How does the audience's reaction to the play mimic the feelings of the actors?

Part 4) What does this section of the book reveal about the Wheelers' relationship?

Essay Topic 2

Frank feels conflicting feelings about his work.

Part 1) Where does Frank work? Why does he have conflicting feelings about his work?

Part 2) How is the plan to move to France affecting him at work? Why does it affect him this way?

Part 3) How does his view of his work situation change over the course of the book? Why do these changes occur?

Essay Topic 3

Flashbacks are used throughout the story.

Part 1) Describe two of these flashbacks.

Part 2) What do these flashbacks reveal about the various characters? How do they help the reader to better understand events that take place in the story?

Part 3) How do flashbacks keep a reader engaged? Are these flashbacks also engaging or do they hinder the plot and flow of the story? Why?

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