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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. When the contents of a research box fall over the banister to the floor, what does it trigger in Rebecca?

2. Why are Joley, Hadley and Rebecca preparing to go into town?

3. At the beginning of this section, what do Jane and Rebecca gape?

4. What happens when Jane finishes her shower?

5. On the ride back to shore, about what does Oliver confide?

Short Essay Questions

1. What takes place at an Elvis-themed diner?

2. What complications do Sam and Oliver have when going after Rebecca and Hadley?

3. What does Jane do as Rebecca climbs through the ruins of the airplane?

4. What advice does Joley give Jane? How does she respond?

5. How does Oliver help a whale?

6. What happens at the John Hopkins medical museum?

7. How does Rebecca react to seeing the crash site?

8. What takes place between Jane and Sam?

9. What takes place between Jane and Sam?

10. How do Sam's actions show he is interested in Jane?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jane and Rebecca run away, as if on autopilot.

Part 1) Why do they run away? How have they become, in a way, conditioned to run away?

Part 2) Do they believe this will fix their problems? Why or why not?

Part 3) How does this desire to run change as the story comes to and end? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Both Sam and Jane experience violence in their pasts.

Part 1) Describe the violence from which they suffer. How have they been affected by this violence?

Part 2) How does this suffering affect their relationships with others? How does it affect how they feel about themselves?

Part 3) How does this history of violence, at first, push them away from each other and then bring them together? Why does this happen?

Essay Topic 3

Jane has two love interests.

Part 1) Who are her two love interests? Compare her two love interests.

Part 2) How does Jane find herself with two love interests? What are her thoughts about these two men? What are others' thoughts about these two men?

Part 3) How is her life affected by these two men? Can it ever go back to the way it was? Why or why not?

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