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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 does Jane respond to the flirting that Trevor partakes in over the phone?

2. What is the name of the small child's skull that Eve is working on?

3. Where do Sontag's student store the coffin that is supposed to contain Cira's body?

4. Under how many feet of volcanic rubble are the artifacts of Cira's day buried?

5. What color is vesuvianite?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the couple react when Trevor finally reaches out and strokes Jane's cheek?

2. What is a vomitorium?

3. What precautions does Trevor put into place to protect Jane in the vomitorium?

4. How does Aldo lure the police away from Jane, and what is Joe's response?

5. What is Jane's plan to lure Aldo into the open?

6. What is Eve's reaction to the gift Aldo sends to Jane in the mail?

7. What happens when Trevor wakes Jane up after she has fallen asleep on the porch swing?

8. Who is Lucy?

9. How does Jane feel when she is traveling underground through the tunnels with Trevor?

10. What does Aldo phone to tell Jane after she makes her tour of the tunnels?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Aldo's pattern of murder differed during each of his killings. Choose two of Aldo's victims and explain how each of their murders gave the reader deeper insight into Aldo's character and what his true desires toward women were.

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

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.

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