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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 part of town does Sophie think is rather ugly?

2. What day of the week did Sophie go out to lunch with a friend?

3. What upsets Sophie most about her hospital visit?

4. What did the hospital attendant tell Sophie?

5. How does Claire say she and her ex-husband spoke when they were first married?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sophie do after calling some hospitals? Why?

2. Who is Mr. Haynes? How is his home described?

3. How did the Bentwoods catch the cat?

4. What does Leon say about society?

5. How did Otto find out about Sophie and Charlie going out? What is his response to this?

6. What does Sophie hope will happen when she flirts with Otto? What comes of it?

7. What does Claire tell Sophie she and Leon do when he stays over?

8. What caused the split in the business partnership between Charlie and Otto?

9. How does Sophie feel when she leaves Claire's house?

10. What did a hospital attendant and a nurse criticize Sophie for doing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sacrifice is a theme that is very prevalent in this book. Who are the characters most affected by this theme? How do they allow sacrifice to change their lives?

Essay Topic 2

Courage and fear are two attributes that are seen a number of times in this book. Where do they appear? How does the presence of these feelings change the characters who are involved in those scenes?

Essay Topic 3

How does the relationship between the Bentwoods change throughout the course of the plot? How do these changes affect the characters around them?

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