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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 did the students at the Ohio University die?

2. Who had the hardest time coping with David's sister's death?

3. What was Norah given to help her with the pain of labor?

4. What is the first thing Phoebe is able to grasp?

5. What is it about Norah that makes David nervous when he photographs her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did meeting David cause Caroline to give up her dreams?

2. What does Norah say she hates about David?

3. What does David think about while looking at a geode?

4. What does Norah do while visiting her old house?

5. How did David and Norah meet?

6. Why does Norah regret buying the camera for David?

7. What happens when David comes to visit Caroline at her apartment?

8. Why doesn't David like Mark?

9. What can Norah hear from her front lawn after taking down the wasps nest, and what does this tell her?

10. Why has David been unable to be intimate with Norah?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Education and the importance of training is a constant theme in this book. Where does this theme appear, and which characters are most affected by it?

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 3

Which character did you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How did this character change throughout the book?

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