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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 Frank try to deal with as he naps in his car?

2. What does Frank tell Holly that is still uncertain?

3. What is rotted in the hole?

4. Why does Frank apologize to Holly?

5. What does Frank's mother say about Holly?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Frank request at his office?

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

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

4. What does Frank say when he returns to Olivia's house?

5. What do Jackie and Frank talk about when they meet at the park?

6. What does Frank ask Stephen that surprises the man?

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

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

9. What does Frank learn from the coroner about Rosie's death?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following:

1. Who is/are the protagonists of the story and why?

2. Who is/are the antagonists of the story and why?

3. Which 3 secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot?

4. Are any of the characters dispensable and which ones? Why or why not?

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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