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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. Where did Mal's mother live?

2. In Chapter 13 when Fenno attended the gala benefit with Lucinda, what did he order to drink?

3. What did Mal call his bed in Chapter 13?

4. What month was it when Tony left again in Chapter 11?

5. Where were Mal's ashes spread?

Short Essay Questions

1. In the more than ten years that Fern has known Tony, where has he lived?

2. In Chapter 10, how were the readings at the bookstore?

3. What does Fenno find in the attic in Chapter 12?

4. What did Mal spend his time doing at the beginning of Chapter 13?

5. How does Fenno describe Mal's mother in Chapter 9?

6. What did Lucinda say about Mal as she rode home from the benefit with Fenno?

7. What does Tony serve Fern for dinner in Chapter 14?

8. What photos does Lucinda show after dinner in Chapter 9 and what is her relationship to the people in the photos?

9. Why did Fenno go to Paris in Chapter 12?

10. How did Felicity respond when Fenno took her to Mal's in Chapter 13?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The theme of appreciation for life runs through the novel. Which characters do not appreciate their lives? Why is Fenno especially unappreciative? How do characters and experiences teach Fenno to appreciate life?

Essay Topic 2

Happiness is important for Paul and for Fenno. How are the two men looking for happiness? Do either man achieve happiness? If so, how do they attain it?

Essay Topic 3

Fern and Fenno reach New York at the end of the novel. How does Fern think that a trip through the Midtown Tunnel makes it difficult to know where you will emerge? How does that relate to Fern’s view of life? In what way do the twists and turns of life, like the tunnel, always take people where they intended to be?

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