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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 did Garland and Alicia do all afternoon?

2. What had Alicia done without Olivia?

3. What was Garland's wife's name?

4. Why is Malcolm's father dependent on him?

5. At what age did Malcolm lose his mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. What memory did Olivia have that made her feel claustrophobic?

2. How did Olivia's nervousness affect her?

3. How did Mal's birth revive Olivia's hopes for love? What actually occurred?

4. In what way did Malcolm acknowledge Olivia's desire to be loved?

5. What kinds of things did Olivia find in the attic?

6. What lived in the shadows of Malcolm Foxworth? How did this news affect Olivia?

7. What news came by way of Malcolm to Olivia?

8. How did Malcolm react to the news that Olivia couldn't have any more children after Joel?

9. What both intrigued and dismayed Olivia about the library?

10. In what way did Malcolm come on to Alicia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

John Amos is used to illustrate religion, and to bring both Olivia and Malcolm to God. Discuss John's role in the story. How might it have progressed without the centralized religious themes?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the deaths of Mal and Joel. What possible reasons might the author have had for killing them both off? How did their deaths affect the final outcome of the story, if at all?

Essay Topic 3

Both Mal and Joel died due to fact that they hadn't listened to their father. Prove or disprove this statement and discuss how the story might have been altered if they had both been allowed to live.

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