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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. Who is cast as Mullins in the play beginning in Chapter 7?

2. How does Stella feel after seeing tears in Lily's eyes?

3. Who attacks Meredith and gives him a bloody nose?

4. What does Hilary do once receiving Meredith's telegram?

5. What does Rose find in Stella's ankle sock?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Stella learn about Meredith and Bunny's true backgrounds?

2. How does O'Hara feel about Stella?

3. Where does Uncle Vernon get invited to three days before Christmas, and who invites him?

4. How does Geoffrey feel about Stella by Chapter 6?

5. What has happened since Hilary received Meredith's telegram?

6. What are the two questions that Lily asks Stella, which leads to Stella telling her to shut up?

7. Who is not feeling festive with Christmas approaching and why?

8. What impact on the production has O'Hara made playing his role in the play?

9. What is happening with Richard during the rehearsals in Chapter 7 for the third play of the book?

10. What does Geoffrey say to Meredith at the after-party regarding how he is feeling about their relationship?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe how a bath is drawn at the point in time of the novel in Liverpool. The author goes to great lengths to describe how this process was extremely hard work compared to modern day baths where you just turn on the water. How does the author taking time out to address this help the reader become part of the time period and setting of the book?

Essay Topic 2

Tell of the ways that Stella lets the reader know that she feels unworthy and undeserving of anything good.

Essay Topic 3

For most of the book Stella has not been a particularly sympathetic protagonist. At what point does this change for the reader and does the reader's heart go out to the emotionally damaged young woman? What causes this change?

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