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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 long was Perdu with Manon?

2. In Chapter 24, who thinks that they saw the cargo vessel that Cuneo is looking for?

3. What type of cattle are grazing in Chapter 21?

4. How much time has passed at the beginning of Chapter 29?

5. What were invented in Montagris?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Southern Lights bring Samy her man?

2. In Chapter 24, how does Cuneo describe the woman he is looking for?

3. What does Olson say about being on Facebook in Chapter 23?

4. How did the deer's death affect the men in Chapter 27?

5. In Chapter 32, how long and when does Perdu say that he was genuinely happy in one stretch?

6. What does Perdu tell Cuneo that Max has lost in Chapter 26?

7. How does Perdu describe Cuisery in Chapter 30?

8. What does the woman look like and what does she do when she opens the door the P.D. Olson's home?

9. At the end of Chapter 33, what were the only things that Manon took for the cancer and why?

10. What areas does Cuneo lay claim to in Chapter 24 when he joins Perdu and Max on the barge?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Samantha’s jump into the river mirror the emotional journey that Perdu, Max, and Cuneo are taking?

Essay Topic 2

Perdu, Max, and Cuneo all experience loss. What have the men lost and how do those losses shape them and make them the men they become?

Essay Topic 3

There are several different settings in the novel. How does the setting of the book in Sanary almost take on the quality of a character, and how does Perdu interact with the setting and allow it to bring him healing?

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