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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 does Camille's partner at the search party tell her?

2. How many girls are in Amma's group of friends?

3. Where does Camille meet Richard in Chapter 5?

4. Where is Natalie's body discovered?

5. What is the floor in Adora's room made of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who does Camille meet at Garrett Park in Chapter 4?

2. How does Camille describe Jackie O'Neele in Chapter 3?

3. Who is Richard Willis?

4. How does Camille describe her mother when she sees her for the first time in Chapter 2?

5. In Chapter 2, how does Bob Nash respond to Camille's presence at his front door?

6. What does Adora do to the baby in Chapter 7?

7. How does Camille describe her hospital stay for her self-mutilation?

8. What does Camille learn about Ann's death from her partner at the search party?

9. In Chapter 1, how does Camille describe Wind Gap?

10. Who is Allen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is sexual violence used as a metaphor for power and pain in the text? Look at the different characters who inflict - as well as are victims of - this violence.

Essay Topic 2

How does Flynn use setting to create mood? Analyze at least two different settings in the text and look for how the setting influences the mood of the text.

Essay Topic 3

The Preaker family owns and operates the pig slaughtering industry in Wind Gap. Analyze the symbolism of this industry.

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