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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. Where did Frank search for information about Rosie once he becomes a cop?

2. What does Frank ask if anyone has done concerning the suitcase?

3. What is one thing found inside the suitcase?

4. What do the Dalys give to the police?

5. Why doesn't Frank let Holly spend time with his family?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Frank's family speculate about the suitcase, and how does Shay sum up the speculation?

2. What does Frank ask about the suitcase when he walks in his house and what does the family say?

3. Why was Frank's mother going to come down to the pub?

4. What does Shay say about his job and his future plans?

5. Who has left a frantic message on Frank's phone and what is the message?

6. What did Frank do for years after becoming a cop concerning Rosie?

7. What scene is portrayed in the Prologue?

8. Who joins Frank at the pub after Scorcher leaves?

9. What does Frank discuss with Kevin and what is Kevin's input?

10. Why does Frank have to take Holly back to her mom's and what is Olivia's response?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. Discuss the following:

1. Fully explain why you think "Faithful Place" is titled as such. Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? Can you think of a better title? Why would you choose it?

2. How important is a title in influencing you to consider reading a book? Explain your answer.

3. Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Explain your answer.

4. Have you ever read a book that when you finished, you do not understand the relevance of the title? Does it discourage you from "trusting" that particular author again?

Essay Topic 2

There are a number of interesting questions raised by "Faithful Place". Questions that French most likely want readers to consider and think through carefully. Discuss the following:

1. What does the term "author agenda" mean?

2. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the French' agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss French's probable agenda concerning that idea.

2. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?

3. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?

4. Research the life of French and see if/where her life may have influenced her writing.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in "Faithful Place". Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?

2. Trace and analyze the theme of anger in "Faithful Place". Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?

3. Trace and analyze the theme of death in "Faithful Place". Consider the deaths of Rosie and Mike and the death of Holly's innocence.

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