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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. Where did John Caldwell go to college?

2. When did Albert take a ship to England and have an affair with a married woman?

3. How far is Roosevelt Hospital from the Apelles?

4. How many times a week did Erwin tell John that he saw his psychiatrist?

5. In Part 3, Chapter 15, how often does Albert think he has been in and out of the hospital over the last ten years?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did Erica accompany Albert when she worked for him?

2. How was the snow described in Part 3, Chapter 16?

3. What had Erwin learned about people and stories throughout the years, and how did he feel about being their confidante?

4. Who did John and Erwin see in the lobby of the hospital when they arrived?

5. How did Manny remember that a man named Lieutenant Spitz died when he was in Vietnam?

6. Who did Manny and Erwin see coming toward the apartment building in the storm?

7. What did John Caldwell do when Vik followed him after he left the YMCA?

8. How had Albert relied on logic throughout his life?

9. Why did John have to walk to the hospital to try to find his father?

10. At the end of Part 3, Chapter 23, why did John try to hide in the hospital lobby?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Hazel struggles to believe that her husband is dead. Why does Hazel struggle to believe that her husband is dead? How does her grief affect her life?

Essay Topic 3

John’s son drowned in a swimming pool. Why do John and Albert blame themselves and feel guilty for the death of the boy?

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