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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 Valerie's ritual?

2. What does Valerie order when she meets Daniel at Denny's?

3. What did Daniel concentrate on after his divorce?

4. Why does Valerie choose red negligee?

5. What did Valerie swear she would never let go?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Chiquita more shocked than Inda?

2. What happens when Valerie confronts Walter?

3. What happens after Inda leaves Raymond's place?

4. Why does Valerie tell Daniel she can no longer see him?

5. What does Valerie do next?

6. Why does Valerie go home with Daniel?

7. Why is Inda worried?

8. What happens at Daniel's place?

9. How close are Valerie and Inda?

10. What happens when Inda runs into Chiquita again?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare Inda's character to the person she was at the beginning of the book to the she is at the end.

1. What did Inda hope to achieve at the beginning of the book?

2. What events changes Inda's ideas about life?

3. How has Inda's character changed by the end of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Away from the main characters, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

Examine the structure of the book:

How does the author use character and dialogue to drive the narrative?

Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story?

How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

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