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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 does Mr. Bentwood say his partner's role is in the business?

2. What did Otto chide Sophie for doing with the cat?

3. How does Sophie describe Charlie while she is with him?

4. What is Sophie overwhelmed by when she touches Francis?

5. What does Sophie say her former lover gave to others freely?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Charlie complain to Sophie about Bobby?

2. What is a loving bleeder?

3. Why does Otto not like Tanya?

4. How do Francis and Sophie communicate during their affair?

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

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

7. Why did Sophie feel so rushed to get home while she is out alone with Charlie?

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

9. Why did the Bentwoods never have children?

10. Why did Sophie tell Charlie she had not seen a doctor about her hand yet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What happened at the hospital? How does this change the dynamic of the relationship between Sophie and her husband?

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears? How do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 3

Otto and Charlie are both very dynamic leaders in this book with strong followings. What are the differences in the two styles of leadership? How do these differences affect their characters, their followers, and their role in the plot?

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