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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. How often does Jane check the websites for articles about Cira?

2. What does Aldo claim is on his side in the battle against Jane?

3. What does Aldo send to Sontag in an envelope on his front porch.

4. How does Jane witness Aldo entering the vomitorium?

5. Where has Jane been admitted for college?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jane respond to seeing Aldo enter the vomitorium?

2. How did Bartlett and Trevor come to be partners?

3. What is Eve's reaction to the gift Aldo sends to Jane in the mail?

4. What is a vomitorium?

5. How does Jane feel when she is traveling underground through the tunnels with Trevor?

6. How does the couple react when Trevor finally reaches out and strokes Jane's cheek?

7. How does Aldo lure the police away from Jane, and what is Joe's response?

8. Who is Lucy?

9. What does Trevor acknowledge to himself after he begins watching Jane from the woods?

10. What is Jane's plan to lure Aldo into the open?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Eve spends a majority of the novel struggling with her role as a mother in both Bonnie and Jane's lives. Explain why Eve questioned her ability to be a good mother to her daughters, and then explain how she used Jane's situation to gain more confidence in her mothering abilities.

Essay Topic 2

In the novel, Jane is seventeen years old and just beginning to realize her own sexuality. Compare / contrast the worries that Jane has about men in the beginning of the novel and the end of the novel. Then explain how Jane's relationship with Trevor prompted her emotional and romantic transition from girlhood to womanhood.

Essay Topic 3

All three of the main female characters in this novel, Eve, Jane, and Cira, have trust issues with the men in their lives. Compare / contrast the relationships between these three women and their men, and then explain how trust has become an issue in each of the relationships.

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