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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. How many siblings did Rochelle have?

2. Which of Lewyn's friends prays at the Seder in Chapter 15?

3. In Chapter 22, what was the name of Jonas's friend who drove Lewyn and Rochelle to the play?

4. What is Johanna recovering from in Chapter 26?

5. What day of the week did Sally realize that the triplets birthday fell on in Chapter 23?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Sally learn when she made an uninvited trip to Rochelle's house?

2. In Chapter 20, why did Rochelle never want Lewyn to visit her dorm room?

3. How did Sally create a space for her in Harriet's house when Harriet invited her to live there?

4. What was the triplets birthday celebration always like?

5. Where does Lewyn live in Chapter 27?

6. What does Johanna remember about the time Phoebe met her surrogate mother?

7. What does Phoebe learn about her birth?

8. Where did Johanna ask Lewyn to go with her during spring break in Chapter 18?

9. In Chapter 18, who sat with Lewyn on the bus when he returned to Cornell after spring break and what conversation did they have?

10. How did Lewyn, Jonas, and some of Jonas's Christian friends end up at a Seder at Cornell?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Johanna struggles as the triplets enter high school and she realizes how short her time remains with them. What feelings does Johanna have as the triplets enter high school? Why does she feel she has failed them even though she knows they have the skills to navigate the adult world?

Essay Topic 2

The Oppenheimers are Jewish. What does being Jewish mean to Lewyn and Harrison?

Essay Topic 3

Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based upon her interpretation of life. How does Korelitz use artistic license to create the realistic background of The Latecomer?

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