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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 name of Vanessa’s faculty advisor?
2. Who is the only other member of the club Vanessa joins during her sophomore year?
3. What is Strane unable to handle, as he explains on page 140?
4. According to Jenny on age 163, who once warned her about Strane?
5. When an article about Strane appears in a Portland newspaper on page 148, how many students have now accused Strane of abuse?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who speaks with Vanessa during the field trip to Quebec and what does this person tell her?
2. What early interactions between Vanessa and Strane suggest that he is grooming her for abuse? What is the effect of these actions on Vanessa?
3. What happens to Vanessa psychologically during her first kiss with Strane on page 83?
4. What object does Vanessa’s mother discover that confirms the nature of Vanessa’s relationship with Strane? How does her mother react?
5. Who is Janine Bailey and why does she contact Vanessa?
6. What novel does Strane give Vanessa and what effect does it have on Vanessa?
7. Who testifies to Mrs. Giles that Strane and Vanessa have been having an affair? How does Vanessa respond?
8. Why does Strane come to see Vanessa on page 54? What does Vanessa experience psychologically on page 56?
9. According to Strane following Vanessa’s conversation with Jenny, what would happen to Vanessa if anyone found out about their affair?
10. Why does Ms. Thompson email Strane? How does Vanessa discover this email?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The characters in My Dark Vanessa all highlight the idea the past is never truly past. Choose three characters and explain how each illustrates this idea, using textual evidence to support your claims.
Essay Topic 2
As the old saying goes, “Time heals all wounds.” Does the novel support this adage, or does it prove the opposite? Answer, using textual evidence to support your claims?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing how the author uses characters and behaviors to develop and strengthen the murky issue of consent.
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