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. Which character is the focal point of Chapter Four?

2. How long does Julian's wife claim to know about his sexual proclivities?

3. What happens to Vernon's job at The Judge?

4. What is Vernon afraid of?

5. Where does Clive go to hike?

Short Essay Questions

1. Does Vernon consider the consequences of posting the photos of Julian?

2. What is Frank's role in Vernon's resignation?

3. Are Clive and Vernon hypocrites? Why or why not?

4. What is Vernon's plan for the photos of Julian?

5. Why does Rose Garmony reveal the pictures of her husband?

6. Why doesn't Clive contact the police about what he witnesses at the hiking trail?

7. What choice does Clive make on his hiking trip?

8. How is Vernon unethical?

9. What role does Clive believe he plays in his relationship with Vernon? What role does Vernon play in the relationship, according to Clive?

10. What obstacles stand in the way of Vernon's plan for Julian's photos?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe the way in which Vernon's fortune reverses. Does Clive's fortune take a similar negative spiral? What about George and Julian? Cite at least three sources.

Essay Topic 3

Determine the climax, introduction, resolution, and rising action in the novel. Use at least four quotes from the novel, and your reasoning behind your opinions.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 756 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample