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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 Carmel ask Frank?
2. What does Frank realize is true if Rosie was murdered?
3. Why did Frank search for information about Rosie?
4. Where do Mick and Frank talk?
5. Who is Rosie Daley?
Short Essay Questions
1. What scene is portrayed in the Prologue?
2. What does Frank think about when asked why he became a cop?
3. What does Frank discuss with Kevin and what is Kevin's input?
4. Who does Frank visit and what does he learn?
5. Why does Frank start searching the neighborhood?
6. What does the Technical Bureau find in the basement at number 16?
7. What does Shay say about his job and his future plans?
8. What is the outcome of the short vignette?
9. What did Frank do for years after becoming a cop concerning Rosie?
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
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.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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.
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