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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 happens in the end of Chapter 5 when Wallace gets angry?

2. What is the name of the shop Mei takes Wallace to?

3. Who is in charge of making the special tea?

4. What is Wallace wearing when he dies?

5. What tethers Wallace to the ferryman?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 9, what does Hugo tell Wallace about how he became a ferryman?

2. What does Wallace think of the tea Hugo makes for him?

3. How do Mei and Hugo speak about the Manager?

4. What does Nelson tell Wallace in Chapter 9 that no one else knowsn?

5. How do Wallace and Hugo mimic touching in Chapter 9?

6. In Chapter 7, what does Hugo show Wallace to try to calm him down?

7. What does Wallace realize people really think of him at his own funeral?

8. What does Wallace notice about the tea shop in Chapter 8?

9. How does Wallace feel when Mei first touches him?

10. Who is Nelson and why does he stay at the tea shop?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Klune develop the idea of Hugo's and Wallace's mutual attraction to each other? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing Klune's references to some classical Greek themes and motifs surrounding death and the afterlife, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

How does Alan Flynn's arrival at the tea house cast a different light on Wallace's self-perception of his own death and journey there? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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