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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 is Sophie doing when Otto comes home after Sophie's lunch?

2. Why are some of Otto's clients leaving him after the split?

3. How much money does Otto give the black man?

4. What is the name of Cynthia's husband?

5. How does Sophie describe Claire's ex-husband?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Otto feel determined to do after the hospital visit and why?

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

4. What do the Bentwoods find when they get to their vacation home?

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

6. What does Leon say about society?

7. Why does Sophie realize Charlie spoke to her instead of to Otto?

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

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

10. What does Sophie do while the cat is taken to the ASPCA?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Claire is a minor character whose presence made a big difference in the plot. How does she accomplish this? What are some ways that her presence, however brief, altered the outcome of the plot? What would have happened differently if she had not been in the book at all?

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

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?

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