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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 does Romy's father do for a living?

2. Where does Alys go in secret with Romy?

3. What covers the entire town after the flood?

4. How does Peg get hurt in Part IV?

5. Where does a man tell Evelyn the picture of Ulysses was taken?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Alys's first romance like?

2. What does Alys turn out to be talented at?

3. Where does Alys go the year she turns 17?

4. What does Ulysses do during the flood?

5. Why does Romy's family leave Itay?

6. What happens in Florence in Part IV that changes life there forever?

7. How does Evelyn finally find Ulysses?

8. What work does Ulysses set up shop doing in Italy?

9. How do Peg, Cress, Col, Pete, and Ulysses come into money again?

10. Why does Evelyn tell Dotty she had a special connection with Ulysses?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do different characters cope with great loss throughout this novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does having wealth - or not having wealth - affect the actions of main characters at different points in the novels in ways that significantly alter the plot? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Which characters in this novel live in ways that stretch the boundaries of society's expectations for them at the times and places that form the novel's settings? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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