View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Marie shoot in the middle of the night?

2. How does Marie navigate herself outside of the city?

3. Who denies having issued the order to Thomas to be killed?

4. When is Marie at her most vulnerable?

5. Who shows up in Marie's room when she gets out of the shower?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Helene go back to New York, according to Agathe?

2. What does Slater tell Marie about his relationship with Helene?

3. Where is Thomas's body found?

4. What secret does Slater reveal to Marie at dinner?

5. What does being in Burkina remind Marie of?

6. Where and how does Thomas die?

7. Where does Slater take Marie?

8. What does Slater tell Marie when she shows up to his office for the first time?

9. Who wins the election that takes place at the university?

10. Why does Marie fly to Martinique in 1987?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay about how Marie's relationship with her mother changes throughout the novel. What event(s) stimulate the change(s)?

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you analyze how Marie's understanding of Daniel Slater changes throughout the novel. How and why does her understanding of him change so drastically?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you analyze whether Marie is a reliable narrator or not. Include evidence from the text to support your assertions.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 491 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample