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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 warns Hal in Chapter 37 to get out of Trepassen House while she "still can" (277)?

2. Hal wakes up in Brighton and places a call to Harding on what day of the week in Chapter 31?

3. When Edward and Hal walk into the dining room from outside, which character is the only one missing?

4. What statement does Hal make to Ezra during a car ride that the narrator then declares to be "only half true" (183)?

5. What major revelation does Hal make to the Westaway brothers in Chapter 37?

Short Essay Questions

1. What knowledge causes Hal to feel angry toward her beloved late mother?

2. In Maggie's diary entry dated "11th December, 1994," (208) what action is Hester said to have taken after finding out about Maggie's pregnancy?

3. In what way do Hal's feelings of guilt nearly lead to her downfall in Chapter 39?

4. What extra twist within Hester Westaway's will is revealed in Chapter 22 outside of Mr. Treswick's office?

5. To which two questions is Hal determined to find the answers by returning to Trepassen House?

6. Describe an instance when Ware uses white space to intensify the impact of a particular sentence in the text.

7. How does the theme of self-deception arise within the narrative in Chapter 31 when Hal speaks to Harding from Brighton?

8. How does Hal sustain a physical injury in Chapter 38?

9. When Hal gets back to her flat in Brighton in Chapter 28 and finds a diary in the box under her bed, what does she learn?

10. Who confronts Hal when she is making her escape from Trepassen House by way of the drawing room window and what do they say?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Ware’s novel The Death of Mrs. Westaway. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Ware’s use of the motif of sound within the novel The Death of Mrs. Westaway.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Ware's treatment of truth, lies, and hypocrisy within the text of The Death of Mrs. Westaway.

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