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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. Why was Jane's photograph in the newspaper?

2. Where is Eve sitting when Bonnie's ghost comes to visit with her?

3. When Jane sneaks out of the house and into the woods, who is she going to meet?

4. What is the name of the woman that Aldo is obsessively seeking?

5. Where does Jane ask Joe to drive her after Trevor has gone missing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Joe know that Mark Trevor has been lying to him?

2. What information does Trevor give to Eve about the serial killer and his whereabouts?

3. What does Trevor say happened on the day that he broke his leg?

4. Why is Eve concerned about Jane, and what is Joe's response to the concern?

5. After Aldo skips town, what interesting occurence happens in Eve's house, and how do she and Jane rationalize it?

6. What does Joe learn from Mark Trevor during their last phone conversation on the night Bonnie visits Eve?

7. How does Trevor rationalize the obsession that Aldo has for Cira?

8. How does Jane begin to search for more information about Cira and Herculaneum?

9. How does Jane respond to the news that she must stay under police surveillance?

10. What does Bonnie say to Eve during her visit by the lake?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Throughout the text of the novel, Jane burgeons on an inappropriate relationship with the detective, Trevor. Explain what each character, both Jane and Trevor, stood to gain from this personal relationship, and then explain why Jane's parents, and others, found the relationship inappropriate.

Essay Topic 2

In the novel, Jane is seventeen years old and just beginning to realize her own sexuality. Compare / contrast the worries that Jane has about men in the beginning of the novel and the end of the novel. Then explain how Jane's relationship with Trevor prompted her emotional and romantic transition from girlhood to womanhood.

Essay Topic 3

For Eve, the loss of Bonnie plays a huge role in the way that she treats Jane. Explain the circumstances surrounding Bonnie's death, and then explain how the loss of her daughter shaped the way that Eve began to treat and protect Jane.

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