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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. In Part 1, Chapter 6, who is Daisy Walker trying to charm?

2. How many bedrooms did the apartment have that Erwin bought in the Apelles?

3. Who painted the painting in the Vornado's apartment foyer?

4. When did Albert Caldwell graduate from Harvard?

5. What was Sarah dreaming of at the beginning of Part 2, Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. How and where did Hazel sleep at the Vornado's Montauk house?

2. When was the novel The Blizzard Party published, and how was it received?

3. What did Sarah Saltwater consider about the tendency of people to speak the most on subjects they knew the least about?

4. How did Hazel feel when she finally read The Blizzard Party?

5. What did guests to the Vornados' party have to endure to get to the party?

6. Why was Erwin not able to throw the burned fish down to the incinerator?

7. What did Hazel's family take when they went to Montauk to visit the Vornados?

8. What was Jane like when Sarah first met her?

9. What did Vikram Patel do for a living?

10. In the present, how do most of Turk and Hazel's complications play out?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the storyline? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

Essay Topic 2

Edwin nearly gets hit by the cab that Albert is driving. How does Edwin react when the cab comes toward him? Why does he freeze? How do his phobias and fears affect how he reacts to the danger?

Essay Topic 3

Sid throws Albert off the balcony. How do people at the party react when Sid throws Albert off the balcony? Why do they construct an alternate, more acceptable, reality for what happened? How does their inebriated or drugged state lead them to deny what happened?

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