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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. How many times since Sophie and James were married has he been unfaithful?

2. What is the date when Sophie is in Court Two of the Old Bailey in Chapter 11?

3. How old is Ali's youngest son, Joel, in Chapter 7?

4. What was the name of Sophie's au pair before Cristina?

5. What does Sophie's father do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Chris Clarke?

2. In Chapter 13, how is Olivia described when she takes the stand?

3. In Chapter 6, how does James spend time with Tom early in the morning?

4. Who intercepts James as he prepares to cross Millbank in Chapter 6 and why?

5. How is Holly's first term at Oxford an education?

6. In Chapter 1, what shoes does Kate wear and why?

7. How did the Whitehouses spend their time after James was first elected?

8. What does James say when Sophie tells him that if they are going to make their marriage work, the affair has to be completely over?

9. Who is Kate's clerk, and what does she know about him?

10. Why does Ali think Kate might have her work cut out for her with the case against James Whitehouse?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

James and the Libertines have a sense of entitlement. Why do James and the Libertines have a sense of entitlement? How does this attitude affect how they behave, how they treat others, and how they treat truth?

Essay Topic 2

An analogy is the comparison of an unfamiliar object or idea to a familiar one in an attempt to explain the unfamiliar or to help readers understand characters, events, or concepts. What are some analogies Vaughan uses in the novel? How do these analogies help readers understand characters, events or concepts?

Essay Topic 3

Tuppence, James’ mother, admits that her son has poor character traits. What poor character traits does Tuppence see in James? Why does she think that she and her husband are responsible for James’ lack of character and morality?

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