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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Strane on page 304, what did the experience with Vanessa brand him as?
(a) A misfit.
(b) A deviant.
(c) A freak.
(d) A pedophile.

2. Whom does Professor Plough know on the Browick staff?
(a) His brother.
(b) His neighbor.
(c) His best friend.
(d) His wife.

3. How does the now-dead Strane appear to Vanessa on page 189?
(a) As an old man.
(b) As a wronged man.
(c) As an innocent man.
(d) As a young man.

4. On page 367, Taylor reveals the publication of the article did not give her what expected feeling?
(a) Closure.
(b) Relief.
(c) Comfort.
(d) Happiness.

5. How does Vanessa describe her relationship with Strane on page 192?
(a) As an amusing anecdote.
(b) As a part of her past.
(c) As a rite of passage.
(d) As an eternal flame.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Vanessa confess to Professor Plough during one meeting in his office?

2. What does Craig do for a living?

3. What does Plough thinks of all Strane’s attempts to contact her on page 330?

4. According to Vanessa on page 319, every aspect of her life is laced with what?

5. How does Vanessa’s mother, Jan, refer to Strane on page 363?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Craig, and how does Vanessa meet him? What happens between them?

2. What does Strane demand of Vanessa following his interaction with Plough?

3. What happens during the interaction between Strane and Plough?

4. Why does Vanessa judge Henry Plough to be untrustworthy?

5. Who is Jo and how does she get her name?

6. How does Strane react to his encounter with Plough? How does Vanessa react to it?

7. What does Vanessa discover while working in the urology department of her father’s hospital?

8. How does the literature in Vanessa’s gothic seminar parallel her real life?

9. How does Strane describe the student accusing him of assault on page 306?

10. What does Strane say to Vanessa when he calls her on page 187? How does he sound? How does she react to his call?

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