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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 Reverend Lin tell Will?

2. What does Will try to retrieve from an agent's hand?

3. What kind of car is Phoebe driving when she and her mother had an accident?

4. What does Phoebe do in support of Liesl?

5. Why does Will send Julian a note in Chapter 31?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of flowers does Will send Phoebe while he is in Beijing?

2. Whom does Will meet at the bar called Exhibit?

3. Why does Phoebe have a small fortune?

4. What is the name of the group that meets at John Leal's house?

5. Why does Phoebe refuse therapy when Will suggests it in Chapter 19?

6. What buildings did the explosions in Chapter 31 destroy?

7. Why does Phoebe move out of her apartment shared with Will?

8. What does Will imagine falls from the sky during the pro-life march?

9. What does Will notice when he helps Phoebe zip her dress?

10. What object does Phoebe leave in a pile of toiletries?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Will Kendall is one of the few characters to experience poverty. Write an essay in which you examine the culture of poverty that Will describes. What specific attributes does will use to describe members of the working class? What does Will think of this lifestyle? Use evidence from the text to support your findings.

Essay Topic 2

The Edwards campus is a place where there is a unique sense of pride and camaraderie, but also confusion, for the student body there. Write an essay in which you examine patterns in the author's word choice to address how the university setting is portrayed. What is the mood of the Edwards campus and how does the author establish this mood?

Essay Topic 3

At the novel's conclusion, Will states that he will continue to look for Phoebe. Write an essay in which you argue whether you think Phoebe is still alive or not. Use evidence from the text to support your opinion.

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