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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 sport did Harrison participate in when he began the ninth grade?

2. How old were the triplets when they went off to camp in Maine?

3. During Johanna's second summer at the American Society of Magazine Editors, how many interns had unexpected pregnancies?

4. When was Phoebe born?

5. How many days a week did Johanna work as program director for the American Society of Magazine Editors?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Johanna like to say she and Salo met, and how did really they meet?

2. What art did Salo's grandparents have on their walls, and what happened to the art when he applied to Cornell?

3. Where was Harrison planning to go to college after Roarke?

4. What did it take for Salo and Johanna to have the triplets?

5. In Chapter 3, where did Johanna work and how did she get her job?

6. How did Sally decide to handle having Lewyn at Cornell?

7. Why did Harrison decide to attend Roarke?

8. How were the triplets' personalities described in Chapter 5?

9. How long was Johanna on bedrest, and what was it like for her?

10. How did Sally start unloading herself of belongings at Cornell?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How are idioms used in The Latecomer to help characters communicate? How do idioms help create word pictures and mental images for readers in a concise manner? How do idioms help readers understand characters, emotions, and ideas?

Essay Topic 2

Eli poses as a Black man. What advantages were there for Eli appearing to be a Black man? What did he gain from the fiction? What is revealed about white-to-nonwhite ethnic self-reassignment and the benefits through Eli’s deception?

Essay Topic 3

Eli believes in racial color blindness. What is racial color blindness? How and why does Eli believe that people should be blind when it comes to race?

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