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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 word did Sophie use to describe Otto when she returned home from her outing with Charlie?

2. What attribute does Sophie say Otto is beginning to show after the party?

3. How does Charlie say he feels about Otto?

4. Why did Sophie eventually tell her husband about the bite wound?

5. How does Sophie say her former lover feels to her as she falls asleep?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sophie feel when she and Francis first touch?

2. What does Mike offer to do for Sophie at the party? What is her response?

3. What does Sophie do when Otto complains about Charlie at the beginning of the book?

4. What did Sophie do when the cat bit her? Why?

5. Why is Otto so upset with his business partner at the beginning of the book?

6. What purchase did Sophie make at the beginning of the book?

7. How does Sophie compare Otto and Charlie?

8. What did Sophie do when she saw the stray cat at her back door?

9. What does Charlie complain to Sophie about Bobby?

10. What happens to the Bentwoods' house when they return from the party?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are many different symbols present in this book. What are these symbols? How does their presence alter the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 2

Claire is a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How does she accomplish this? What are some ways that her presence, however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if she had not been in the book at all?

Essay Topic 3

Security and safety are two themes that are touched on a number of times throughout the course of this book. What are some of these instances? How does this affect the characters in these scenes?

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