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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 Caleb want his father to purchase for him?

2. What does Gary cut his thumb with?

3. What does Chip thing a depressed person should feel?

4. What brought on Alfred's first tremor attack?

5. What does Denise say Gary's family has a diseased relationship with?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Alfred worry Enid just before the cruise?

2. Why is a mixed grill important to Gary and his family?

3. Why does Julie dislike Chip's script?

4. What does Gitanas's printout say about Lithuania?

5. Why is Gary so angry when he finishes talking on the phone to his father?

6. What is Chip thinking about as he waits for his parents at the airport?

7. Why is Caroline so alone?

8. Why does Enid decide it is best not to have a porthole?

9. How does Gitanas worry Chip in this section?

10. What is Caroline's reason for not going to St. Judes for Christmas?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the problems faced by one of the following characters. How did he or she learn to cope with their problem?

1. Denise.

2. Gary.

3. Chip.

4. Caroline.

Essay Topic 2

What kind of role model have Alfred and Enid provided for their children? In what way have their children's decisions been based on what they learned from their parents?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss elements of the narrative structure; exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

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