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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 color are the flowers in the garden in Chapter 27 whose fragrance make Perdu dizzy?

2. In Chapter 29, what is Cuneo wearing as he tends to the woman rescued from the river?

3. What does Perdu think that Samy's laugh is like in Chapter 32?

4. In Chapter 29, who does Cuneo say that his parents were?

5. In what direction do the men go at the beginning of Chapter 27?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. At the beginning of Chapter 21, what can be seen from the Literary Apothecary barge?

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

6. In Chapter 25, why are Perdu, Max, and Cuneo told to leave Briare?

7. In Chapter 32, what does Samy say that her innate flaw is and what trouble did it cause her?

8. On what conditions does Perdu want Cuneo and Samy to take his barge?

9. Why did Samy write Southern Lights?

10. In Manon's travel diary at the end of Chapter 21, what did Manon say about Luc and Perdu?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

As Perdu contemplated Max and the book he wrote, Perdu wondered how it was possible to feel so intensely and still survive. Why is it difficult for Perdu to understand how someone can go on after suffering heartbreak?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Manon contemplated pain as she prepared to die. What did the author convey about death and pain through Manon’s experiences?

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