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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 Sophie feel after telling Otto about going out with Charlie?

2. How does Sophie describe Claire's kitchen?

3. What does Otto think Sophie should do about her wound after seeing someone in his yard?

4. What does Mr. Haynes do for the Bentwoods?

5. Why is the man in line unable to get his prescription?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Sophie dream about after the cat is captured?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

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?

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