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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 the first question that Patrice asks Gualterio?

2. How did Claude die in Section 2?

3. What magazine first publishes a piece about Annie's work, in Section 1?

4. When did Agnello's wife, Anja, die?

5. Aside from painting, what is Joe Jones's job?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Section 1, who is Siobhan?

2. What does Annie learn about Minnie, her housekeeper, in Section 1?

3. Who is Ruth Fletcher?

4. How did Orion and Annie meet in Section 1?

5. What is the controversy over Joe Jone's death in Section 1?

6. How does Annie's career progress, as she tells it in Section 1?

7. What does Orion say he plans to do while he is in Cape Cod, in Section 1?

8. What is a secret quality that Minnie and Annie have in common as revealed in Section 1?

9. What does Orion's mother tell Orion about his father before she dies, in Section 1?

10. According in Orion in Section 1, how did the marriage disolve between himself and Annie?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Orion's job loss impact him? How does it alter the plot of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Are the members of the Oh family is a better or worse place by the end of the novel? Explain your reasoning using evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 3

The novel starts with the poem, Ghost of Chance, by Adrienne Rich. Analyze the poem to understand its meaning. Why would Lamb select this poem to open the novel?

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