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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 is George's first name?

2. Which of the following foreshadows events to occur after Chapter Two?

3. What does Vernon hope that publishing the photos does?

4. What is Clive been commissioned to write?

5. What is foreshadowed in the first chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are George, Clive, Vernon, and Julian connected?

2. What chance of a lifetime does Clive get?

3. Does George have ulterior motives in giving Vernon the photos to publish of Julian?

4. How does George get the photos?

5. Do Clive and Vernon share the same level of dislike for Julian?

6. Describe Molly's character.

7. Describe Vernon's character.

8. How does Vernon plan to use the photos?

9. How does the novel foreshadow a deteriorating relationship between Clive and Vernon?

10. Why is Molly's death humiliating in Clive's eyes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At what point does the relationship between Vernon and Clive begin to deteriorate? Why? Track the status of their relationship using evidence from the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Describe the ways in which each character fails to see their own shortcomings, even up to the end of the novel where the only thing that all of them cares about is revenge.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the foreshadowing that occurs throughout the novel. What predictions do you make based on foreshadowing? Are your predictions correct? Cite at least three quotes from the novel.

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