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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were Tom and Christine mugged at knife-point on their cross-country journey?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Philadelphia.
(c) New York.
(d) Chicago.

2. What gift does Jill get her mother for Christmas in Part Four?
(a) A gift card.
(b) A lighter.
(c) A necklace.
(d) A ring.

3. What color is the house that is called Outpost 17?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Green.
(c) White.
(d) Blue.

4. What author is Tom nicknamed after by the Barefoot People in Part Four?
(a) Jack Kerouac.
(b) Samuel Beckett.
(c) Jack London.
(d) Ernest Hemingway.

5. Where does Kevin's sister live?
(a) Canada.
(b) Boston.
(c) California.
(d) France.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nora no longer consider herself to be?

2. What movie does Kevin sit alone watching on Christmas Day in Part Three?

3. What is the first name of Mrs. Falk?

4. Where is the area code from on the cell phone Tom uses to call his father in Part Four?

5. What colors are the bulls-eyes that Tom and Christine have painted on their foreheads in Part Three?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Patti Levin and what is her role within the GR?

2. How is the setting of Outpost 17 described? Who lives there when Meg and Laurie arrive?

3. How is Christmas morning described at the Garvey household in Part Three?

4. How do Nora’s and Kevin’s actions and behaviors differ in Florida from in Mapleton?

5. What is the significance of the chapter title “A Better-than-Average Girlfriend”?

6. What does Christine come to symbolize for Tom in Part Three?

7. How has the relationship between Jill and Aimee changed in Part Four? Why has it changed?

8. How would you compare Kevin Garvey to the other main characters in the novel?

9. What does Laurie do with Jill’s Christmas gift in Part Three? Why?

10. What does Jason Falzone symbolize for the Watchers?

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