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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 animal does Mr. Daly associate with the Mackey family?

2. Why does Frank apologize to Holly?

3. What does Frank say Holly was wrong to do?

4. How do Nora and Frank part?

5. How does Frank propose making up for the lost time from the weekend?

Short Essay Questions

1. How has Nora reacted to the news of Rosie's body being found?

2. How does Frank set things up to be able to follow the police investigation into Rosie and Kevin's deaths?

3. How does Frank have to change his perception about Rosie?

4. Why is Frank's mother upset at Scorcher?

5. How do people react to Frank at Kevin's wake and what is Jackie's theory about their reactions?

6. What does Stephen say about the comparison between Rosie's and Kevin's deaths?

7. Which one of Rosie's old friends does Frank locate and how does she react to him initially?

8. What does Nora say about her feelings about Rosie?

9. What does Scorcher say about Kevin's death and how does Frank argue the point and infuriate Scorcher?

10. What does Kennedy tell Frank that infuriates Frank?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Characters are an important part of what makes "Faithful Place" interesting. Discuss the following:

1. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Frank. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he always likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

2. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Shay. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

3. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Kevin. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.

Essay Topic 2

Faithful Place belongs to the mystery drama genre. Discuss the following:

1. Define the literary term "genre" and give several examples of three other genres in addition to the mystery drama genre.

2. Discuss two reasons why it might be useful to label a text by genre and two reasons it might be disadvantageous to label a text by genre.

3. What do you think is the difference between a detective novel and a mystery drama novel?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

1. Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in "Faithful Place".

2. Trace and analyze one major theme of Faithful Place. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

3. Trace and analyze two secondary themes of "Faithful Place". How are the themes represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

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