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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 frightened Amy about the play?

2. Why does Lonoff say Hope is upset?

3. How does Amy burn her arm where her concentration camp number is?

4. What theater does Amy go to in Chapter 3?

5. Who does Nathan tell Amy she looks like in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. What significance does Zuckerman see in Amy's wool cap in Chapter 4?

2. What does Amy do when she receives the copy of the book?

3. Zuckerman notices that Lonoff has also changed at breakfast. To what does Zuckerman attribute the change in Lonoff and Hope?

4. Why can Zuckerman no longer think of Amy as herself in Chapter 4?

5. Why does Amy get up from the table to leave in Chapter 4?

6. Why does Hope think she has embarrassed Amy in Chapter 4?

7. Why does Amy want a room with a telephone?

8. According to Chapter 3, why does Lonoff drive to New York in the middle of the night?

9. What does Zuckerman notice has happened to Hope at breakfast the next morning?

10. Why does Hope tell Lonoff that he does not want her to leave?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Each of "The Ghost Writer"s four chapters has a different title. Explain the relevance of each chapter's title in relation to the events of that particular chapter. What does each chapter title mean? How does the chapter title connect to the events of that chapter? Use specific references to the story in the response.

Essay Topic 2

Write a response exploring the meaning of the book's title, "The Ghost Writer." Who is the "ghost writer"? Why is this title appropriate for the book? What does the title tell the reader the book might be about? What does the title mean? Would a different title be more appropriate for the story? Use specific references to the story in the response.

Essay Topic 3

Underlying themes in "The Ghost Writer" are the roles and "confusion" of fact and fiction. Write a response explaining how fact and fiction are confused and misinterpreted in the story. What elements of fiction are presented as fact? What elements are presented as fiction, but are indeed facts? Use specific references to the text in the response.

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