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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 are Selina's plans at the end of the book?
2. In Book 4, Chapter 6, how does Selina feel when Clive leaves to pick up his mother?
3. Which of the following best states the reason that Selina decides that she has to leave at the end of he book?
4. Which of the following does Selina like most while she is at college?
5. What happens on the walk home after the Association meeting?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Selina think upon meeting Clive's mother?
2. Why does Selina decline the Association scholarship?
3. In Book 4, Chapters 1-3, Silla finally achieves her dream of owning the house that she and Selina live in. What makes it apparent that it has not made her happy?
4. What does Selina think about the Association?
5. Why is Selina mistaken in trying so hard to promote Clive's art?
6. Why does Selina finally leave Clive?
7. What does Mrs. Benton think about Selina?
8. Why does Selina seclude herself and refuse to go out following her father's death?
9. How does Selina surprise herself when she meets Clive?
10. Why does Selina call her mother "Hitler"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Silla and Selina have a volatile relationship. Describe and analyze the changes that take place in their relationship over time. In what way(s) does Selina evolve into a person like her mother? Different from her mother? Does she embody more of Silla's negative characteristics, or more of her positive characteristics? Do you think that Selina surpasses her mother in character? Why or why not? Support your position with statements from the novel.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze and discuss Miss Thompson's role in the book. What character(s) can be contrasted or compared to her? Connect your comparison or contrast if any, to a major theme within the book.
Essay Topic 3
Death induces extreme emotional reactions. Think about each of the deaths that occur in this novel - both actual physical deaths and metaphorical deaths. Focusing on each one in turn, analyze the importance of each death, and how it plays an integral role in a new life coming forth.
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