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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. According to Julian McMahon, what will happen to the Grove?

2. According to Yuri in Part Four, Chapter Nineteen, who has come to visit Alicia?

3. According to Alicia in Part Four, Chapter Fourteen, what did the watcher do when Gabriel arrived home?

4. What does Barbie believe about Alicia in Part Two, Chapter Thirty?

5. According to Alicia's diary in Part Five, Chapter One, what choice did Theo give Gabriel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Alicia and Jean-Felix argue in Part Two, Chapter Twenty-Two? What does he give her at the end of the argument?

2. What happens when Theo confronts Christian in Part Four, Chapter Two?

3. What happens as Theo continues to follow Kathy in Part Four, Chapters Sixteen and Twenty-One? How is Theo becoming increasingly unstable?

4. According to Alicia in Part Five, Chapter One, what really happened on the night of the murder?

5. What does Theo notice in the Alcestis painting in Part Four, Chapter Six?

6. According to Theo in Part Five, Chapter Three, what has happened to Theo and Kathy following the death of Gabriel?

7. What does Theo discover in Part Four, Chapter Five? How does he respond to this discovery?

8. In Part Three, how does Gabriel react to Alicia's report of a man watching her? How does Alicia feel about this?

9. According to Theo in Part Four, Chapter Fifteen, how does he know Alicia is lying to him?

10. According to Theo in Part Five, Chapter Three, what will happen to the Grove? According to Julian McMahon, will happen to Theo's career?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At one point in the novel, Alicia experiences a sense of déjà vu and thinks that “the past and present were coexisting simultaneously” (126). Explain how the novel illustrates the fluid nature of time, for both Theo and Alicia.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Theo’s relationship with his father with Alicia’s relationship with her father. How are they similar, and how are they different? How did their fathers create the adults their children became?

Essay Topic 3

At the end of the novel, Theo catches snowflakes on his fingers and watches them disappear. Analyze the importance of these scene. What is happening here? And how does it connect to his childhood? What is the author trying to convey through this scene?

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