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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. Who does Jack want to read his book?
2. What do Jack, Julie, and Tom go buy?
3. What does Jack wonder about in Chapter 7, after he realizes what he's forgotten?
4. What does Jack read in Chapter 7?
5. Who is the first to see that one of the siblings is writing to their dead Mother?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Jack's science fiction novel about and what question does Jack pose regarding it?
2. Why doesn't Jack tell Julie about his conversations with Derek as soon as he returns home from the pool hall?
3. Jack thinks his hands smell like rotten meat. What does he do? What is really causing the smell?
4. Explain the incident involving a frog in the garden.
5. Three weeks after Mother's death, how does Jack spend his time?
6. Describe Jack's recurring nightmare.
7. What strange experience happens to Jack when he goes to the shops to spend his birthday money?
8. What inconsistency of story does Jack alert to Derek after the frog incident in the garden?
9. Three weeks after Mother's death, how does Sue spend her time?
10. Explain how Julie's punch of Jack turns into sex with him.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the importance of the author's choice of grammatical tense in The Cement Garden. Define the three types of tenses and explain how they are typically identified.
Essay Topic 2
Irony is the contrast between what is expected and what actually happens. There are three types of irony: verbal, situational, and dramatic. Identify and discuss two examples of irony in the book. Which type of irony is it? What is expected and what actually occurs with your examples?
Essay Topic 3
What is the difference between conflict and crisis in a novel? How are they similar? Also relate the differences and similarities specifically to The Cement Garden.
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