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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 happens to the ham brought to the barbecue by a neighbor?
2. What does Lizabeth call Matt when they return to the house after he runs out naked?
3. What does Lizabeth intend to do with the dog once he returns home?
4. Why does Lizabeth panic the morning after Matt's streaking episode?
5. Why does Paul want the boys to accompany him for the weekend?
Short Essay Questions
1. What makes "Smitten" a typical romance novel?
2. What happens while Matt is cooking breakfast in Chapter 8?
3. What are the preconceptions Lizabeth has about Matt as a role model for her children that give her pause? Why do you think she is so concerned with those preconceptions?
4. How does Richard Hastings find out about Lizabeth, and why does he choose to flash her?
5. Choose one of the several family relationships described in the novel and outline its importance to the story.
6. The reader learns more about Matt's childhood in Chapter 9 than throughout the rest of the book. Was his childhood happy? What happened to his mother? Describe his childhood relationship with his father.
7. What does Lizabeth do to keep busy when she finds herself bored in her self-imposed prison, and what does Matt do when she does?
8. Matt buys a new bed for Lizabeth, inciting another angry outburst from her. What does the new bed represent to Lizabeth?
9. In the Epilogue, what does Matt do to complete Lizabeth's happiness?
10. Lizabeth decides to question Matt point blank about what he would do in certain parental situations. What does she ask him, and how does he respond?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Matt is fairly secretive about his past and childhood until the end of the novel. What do you think is the purpose of the author placing character background so far into the story? Why wouldn't she give the reader Matt's background in the beginning?
Essay Topic 2
Matt brings Lizabeth to his house for the first time. She is shocked and a bit overwhelmed by what she sees. How does the condition of Matt's house parallel the condition of his life? What do the objects in the house represent? What do the lack of objects one expects to see in a home represent?
Essay Topic 3
Since she was 5, Lizabeth's dream was to be a fairy. She held onto that dream through adulthood, even though she was well aware that fairies don't exist. What does a fairy symbolize to Lizabeth as a child? What does it symbolize as an adult? What does the fact that she has held onto this dream tell you about Lizabeth and her personality?
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