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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. Who are Libbigail Phelan Jeter and Mary Ross Phelan?

2. What is requested in the will?

3. What is an ever-present danger?

4. How much is Rex's lawyer getting to represent him?

5. What does the book say Neva is?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Nate and Jevy do to start the second half of their journey?

2. How did Nate end up in a farm in Brazil?

3. How did the Phelan heirs feel about Troy's will?

4. Basically, what did Troy's will say?

5. What did Troy do after being certified sane and able and his family left?

6. What happened to Troy's remains?

7. How did Troy's first wife and her family celebrate Christmas?

8. Who was the only person who knew where Rachel was living?

9. How did Rachel come about and how did she end up adopted?

10. Why was the reading of Troy Phelan's will considered to be of interest?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Chapter 13 marked the end of Nate's sobriety. He appears to be in a state of self-denial. He is thankful to be alive yet celebrates by drowning himself in alcohol.

1. Why do you think Nate started drinking again after surviving the plane crash?

2. Discuss what is meant by self-denial.

3. Do you think Nate would have started drinking again if the plane crash had not occurred? Use examples from the book and your own life to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Nate was running from his problems by going on the business trip. He realized very quickly that no matter how far he ran his past would always follow.

1. Running from problems by going somewhere else is called a "geographic cure." Discuss what do you think this means.

2. Do you believe taking the geographic cure is a good idea or a bad idea? Why or why not? Could it be different depending on the circumstance?

3. Discuss two situations that might respond well to a geographic cure and two that wouldn't be helped with on.

Essay Topic 3

In the opening of THE TESTAMENT, a multi-billionaire carries out a plan to do what he wants with his money rather than what his family wants.

1. Do you think Troy Phelan should have to go through so much trouble just to make sure his will was legally incontestability? Why or why not?

2. What do you think of a man who would leave all his money to a daughter he has never seen and give the rest of his family very little of a huge estate? Use examples from your own experience and beliefs to support your answer.

3. Do you think Troy's relatives are wrong for trying to get his money? Why or why not?

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