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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. Where did Salo propose to Johanna?

2. What did Jonas get to eat at the end of Chapter 10?

3. Where did Johanna go after a parents' meeting about college at Walden in Chapter 8?

4. By the time Johanna was on bed rest when she was pregnant with the triplets, how many paintings had Salo acquired?

5. How much older was Jonas than Lewyn in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Mandy Bernstein?

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

3. In Chapter 12, how did Sally spend her holidays?

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

5. Why did Harrison decide to attend Roarke?

6. How did Sally and Lewyn get accepted to attend Cornell?

7. When Johanna went to a bookstore in Chapter 8, who did she see?

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

9. Why did Salo move his painting to a warehouse?

10. What was it like when the babies were little?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Harrison gives a talk at the Hayek Institute. What story does Harrison tell when he gives his talk? What does the story demonstrate about the problems with the education he and his generation received?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Outsider Art is created by self-taught artists who have little contact with the established conventions of the art world. What does Salo think about Outsider Art and why?

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