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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 Otto feel about Francis?

2. What is the name of Sophie's former lover?

3. Why did Otto leave Sophie and Francis alone during a play?

4. What do the Bentwoods do simultaneously at the beginning of the book?

5. What wakes Sophie up the morning after the party?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Sophie compare Otto and Charlie?

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

3. What secret does Charlie tell Sophie about his wife?

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

5. What shows Sophie that her marriage was in serious trouble before her affair?

6. Why did the affair with Francis end?

7. What bothers Otto about his neighborhood? Why?

8. What kind of law case does Otto refuse to take on and why?

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

10. What does Sophie say had changed about her with age?

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

What happened between Sophie and the cat? How does this interaction shape the course of this plot?

Essay Topic 3

This book takes place in a few different settings. Describe some of these settings their effect on the plot. Why might Paula Fox have chosen these particular places for this plot to take place?

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