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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 did Charles Ambrose do once as a college student?

2. What does Cora discover about the body of the dead fish?

3. What does Cora and William discover at the summer dinner party?

4. What does William first think the stench is that pervades the air and makes people sick?

5. What are the buildings Charles and Spencer are touring?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Cora's prefered interaction with William Ransome?

2. Who is raising Stella's children while she is ill?

3. What is Martha's suggested solution to Edward's marriage proposal?

4. Why does Joanna want to strike her own father inside the church?

5. What does spes phthisica confer on a tuberculosis patient?

6. How does Naomi come to realize that her friendship with Joanna is waning?

7. What does Charles Ambrose agree fully with when walking the streets of the London housing projects?

8. Why does Charles believe in Darwinism?

9. Why does Martha refuse Edward's marriage proposal?

10. What is causing Joanna's disdain for Naomi?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Luke Garret's hand was cut open. Discuss Luke's emotional state due to the loss of function in his hand and loss of his ability to perform surgery. How does Cora's rebuke effect him and his emotional state?

Essay Topic 2

Martha states, "I've written to a man who can help—always comes down to money, doesn't it, in the end?" (210). Discuss what Martha means by it "always comes down to money." Do you agree, or disagree? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

The Ambroses wrote a letter to the Ransomes to introduce Cora. When introductions were made between people, permission for the introduction was sought first. Discuss the old practice of writing letters of introduction and the manner in which people are introduced to each other today.

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