View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. To which city does Will go for a paid internship?

2. Who goes with Phoebe to a cello recital?

3. What does Phoebe say in Chapter 18 about waiting for her mother?

4. In what room on campus is there a grand piano?

5. What does John Leal encourage Phoebe to talk about?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Phoebe get angry with Will after winter break (in Chapter 13)?

2. From what building on Noxhurst does Will imagine the explosion being watched?

3. What is the name of Will's hometown?

4. Where do Will and Phoebe reunite after their fight (in Chapter 13?)

5. In what year of college are Will and Phoebe?

6. What is the name of the pregnant girl whom John Leal met in a gulag?

7. Why does John Leal go to Hilcox Street?

8. Where are Phoebe and her mother driving home from on the evening of the car accident?

9. With whom does Phoebe go to live after her mother's death?

10. Where does Will go for a summer internship?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in which you examine Phoebe's relationship with Julian Noh (her Korean friend). What attracts Julian and Phoebe to one another, and is this friendship beneficial? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you examine the title and cover of the novel. What does the title and cover suggest about the novel? Do you think it is an effective title, or would another have been more appropriate?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the voice of John Leal as presented within the chapters titled for him. Explain his messages, how they are delivered (whether, for example, clearly or unclearly) and how his messages might be interpreted.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 455 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample