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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 is Mei?

2. How many hours per week does Wallace's employee in Chapter 1 say she works?

3. Why does Mei tell Hugo she and Hugo are there at Charon's Crossing?

4. What does Nelson like to do often that annoys Wallace?

5. What does Wallace's tea remind him of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who intrigues Wallace at his own funeral, and why?

2. What does Hugo tell Wallace about the reaper Hugo had before Mei when Wallace asks in Chapter 8?

3. What connects Wallace and Hugo?

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

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

6. What is Wallace's first experience with death?

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

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

9. In Chapter 9, what does Mei tell Wallace of her family?

10. Why is Mei delayed in bringing Wallace back to Charon's Crossing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why is Hugo's own family backstory important to the fact that he is a ferryman? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

How does Klune introduce the topic of Wallace's homosexuality in this novel, and how does the revelation affect the reader's understanding of some of Wallace's struggles in his life? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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