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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 were Nell's last words to Ruby?

2. Which color does Ruby say is "the color of memory"?

3. Where is Ruby planning to go to university?

4. What has Patricia just finished?

5. What did Ruby take from her mother's closet?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the Lennox-Roper group do at the Bottomless Loch?

2. What is the reaction Patricia and Ruby have to seeing Gillian's headstone?

3. What prompts Ruby's decision to leave Gian-Carlo?

4. What happens on Mothering Sunday?

5. Why did the crew of D for Dog have a bad feeling about their final flight?

6. Why does Bunty abandon the ironing so suddenly the night of the fire?

7. How did Alice and Jean-Paul Armand get stuck in France longer than originally planned?

8. What happens to Rags during Chapter Nine?

9. Describe Patricia's "new" life.

10. How does Pearl die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Akinson's use of footnotes in "Behind the Scenes at the Museum." How do they contribute to the story? Why do you think she chose to include this information in this way?

Essay Topic 2

The character of Ruby is one that grows and changes over the course of the novel. Discuss the development of her character and the importance it has on the story.

Essay Topic 3

How does the title of the novel, "Behind the Scenes at the Museum," represent the text as a whole?

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