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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. Who was the fight between that the siblings recall?

2. Why doesn't anyone in the police department on the scene at the abandoned house acknowledge Frank?

3. What does Frank wonder about Rosie?

4. What does Frank find inside the abandoned house?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What do Frank and Scorcher talk about when they go to a local pub?

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

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

4. What does Frank say about his family in regard to Rosie leaving him?

5. Who does Frank visit and what does he learn?

6. Who else arrives on the scene, and why do none of the cops acknowledge Frank?

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

8. What does Carmel ask Frank and what is his answer?

9. Where does Frank convince Kevin to go with him and what do they find?

10. What scene is portrayed in the Prologue?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Holly is nine throughout "Faithful Place". Discuss the following:

1. What are some ways that Holly seems like an average nine year old? Give examples and why you say her activities are average activities for that age group.

2. What are some ways that Holly seems older than her age of 9? Give specific examples and discuss whether they seem consistent with the character of Holly as she is developed throughout the book.

3. Do you think most nine year old girls would have the kind of conversation with Shay that Holly does? Why or why not.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following:

1. What do you think are the characteristics of a successful novel?

2. Analyze and discuss "Faithful Place" based upon the criteria you decide upon in #1 and judge if "Faithful Place" is a successful novel.

3. Do you think the criteria for a successful novel should be different if it is written for for a literary audience? Why or why not? Would most adults consider "Faithful Place" a successful novel? What about young teens?

Essay Topic 3

In most fiction, readers would like all the loose ends to be neatly "tied up." Discuss the following:

1. Do you think "Faithful Place" is successful as a learning tool? Why or why not.

2. What about this book would motivate you to read another of Tana French's novels? What would discourage you from doing so?

3. Were all the "loose ends" satisfactorily settled for you? Why or why not?

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