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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Theo describe the hotel in Ravello?
(a) Surprisingly bustling.
(b) Expensive, half-empty.
(c) Large and anonymous.
(d) Clean with delicious food.

2. After Xan finds Theo and Julian, what does he tell Theo he will do with Julian?
(a) Marry her.
(b) Kill her.
(c) Keep the baby, send her abroad.
(d) Arrest her.

3. What is the mood of the characters in Chapter 26?
(a) Relaxed.
(b) Melancholy.
(c) Argumentative.
(d) Fearful.

4. What disease does Luke suffer as a child?
(a) Epilepsy.
(b) Asthma.
(c) Leukemia.
(d) Depression.

5. What does Theo say that he will do with the diary entry that is Chapter 19?
(a) He will use it as compost.
(b) It was the most therapeutic of any other.
(c) He will tear it out.
(d) He will save it for Julian to read one day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Rolf compare Xan to while discussing religion with Theo?

2. What frightens Theo and the women as they walk to find the woodshed?

3. How does Theo find the woodshed in the forest to be?

4. Where does Theo go at the end of Chapter 22?

5. Why does Theo step outside the woodshed during the preparations for the birthing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Theo and the Five Fishes spend the rest of the relaxing day in Chapter 26?

2. Why does Theo take Miriam inside to Jasper's, and not to Rolf?

3. Who does Theo see at the market after the SSP come to his home, and what happens between them?

4. How does Rolf say he can "use" Theo? How does Theo respond?

5. What do Theo and Miriam find inside Jasper's home? Describe what happens next.

6. What do Theo and Rolf discuss the morning after the car is pulled over? Do they seem to bond or argue?

7. How does Theo plan for Julian to escape the attackers? Does the plan work? What is unsuccessful?

8. When Theo awakens in Chapter 25, where does he learn that Luke and Julian have gone? What does he think of their disappearance from the rest of the group?

9. Describe the burial in Chapter 28.

10. What does Miriam inform Theo of in the car, and what is his reaction? Who knows and who doesn't know the secret?

(see the answer keys)

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