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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 did the cat do when it got into the box?

2. How does Claire's ex-husband describe his new wife?

3. What upsets Sophie most about her hospital visit?

4. How is the hospital ambiance described?

5. Where do the Bentwoods own a second home?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Whom does Sophie call after leaving Claire's house and before going to her own?

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

4. What does Otto suggest to Sophie when they return home from Flynders?

5. What is happening in Otto's front yard after Sophie's night with Charlie? What does he do about it?

6. Who is Tom? Why does he say the Bentwoods are lucky?

7. What does Sophie hear as she leaves the hospital? Why does this upset her?

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

9. What does the black man at the front door need from the Bentwoods?

10. What does Otto promise to do for Sophie when they return from the hospital?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Which character do you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How does this character change throughout the book?

Essay Topic 3

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

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