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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 Susan lament in the telling of her story?

2. What haunts Susan about what she finds on the side of the road at the end of Part Two?

3. What does Susan say about mothers and children?

4. What does Susan say that eating human flesh is bound to be like?

5. What does Susan find on the side of the road at the end of Part Two?

Short Essay Questions

1. Is Susan self-sufficient or dependent on others?

2. Why does Susan say that she and Friday live in Mr. Foe's house "like poor relations"?

3. Why is Susan's dance important?

4. Is Susan a loving person?

5. Describe how Susan and young Susan first meet.

6. Why does Susan doubt young Susan's story?

7. Explain the significance of the dead baby Susan finds on the side of the road.

8. Why is the case of recorders important?

9. What forms the bond between Susan and Friday in Part Two?

10. What are Susan's insecurities in Part Two?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Truth in Foe is mentioned often.

1) Which truths does Susan want, and not want, to be revealed?

2) Why is Susan so concerned with the way Mr. Foe tells her story?

Essay Topic 2

Foreshadowing is readily apparent in Foe. Select three instance of foreshadowing and what they are used to indicate.

Essay Topic 3

The narrative style and audience of Foe is revealed by Susan's letters to Mr. Foe in Part Two.

1) Explain now the changes in narration in each section impact reader expectations and plot development.

2) What is the meaning of using letters to tell one part of the novel?

3) How is Part Four told differently than the rest of the story in terms of narration and audience?

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