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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 does Maria feel as she wanders the streets of Geneva after returning the library book in Chapter 27?

2. What is the only thing Maria has on her mind after meeting her first special client?

3. How does Maria react to Ralf's distracting attempts?

4. Where does her surprise guest rub the handle of his whip?

5. Where do Maria and her first special client go to?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Maria react to Ralf coming to visit her at work?

2. How does Maria feel about her home and Geneva after her first experience with Ralf?

3. How do Maria and Ralf entice each other after Maria's first time with Terence?

4. How does Milan react to Maria spending an evening with Ralf?

5. Describe the scene that Maria witnesses between her 2 coworkers.

6. Describe what Maria has to consciously push out of her head?

7. Describe Maria and Ralf's first experience when he is her customer.

8. Describe what the Violet Rod is.

9. How is Maria's life very lucrative by her first experience with Ralf?

10. What does Ralf begin to represent for Maria after their first connection?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Maria's mentality of what a woman's role is with that of the mentality of most women living in the twenty-first century.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the different moments where Maria ignores all forms of caution and then when she adheres to caution. Explain what makes her react cautiously to some situations and not to others.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Maria's life to that of the life of a roller coaster. Why is this a good metaphor for Coelho to have used in support of his comparisons?

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