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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 Edith write in her letter to David in Chapter 3?

2. How does Monica speak of the Puseys?

3. What happens when Edith wakes up from sleeping in Chapter 5?

4. What does Monica tell Edith about how Mme. de Bonneuil's feels about her son?

5. Edith feels the Pusey women possess an aura of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 2, it says that Edith dresses and reluctantly goes downstairs for dinner. What reason do they give for her reluctance?

2. What two types of animals does Edith use to describe women and where did she get this idea from?

3. How do Penelope and Edith differ when it comes to men?

4. What does Edith write in her first letter to David?

5. Why was Edith never close to her mother?

6. Who initiates the meeting between Edith and Monica?

7. What about the relationship between Iris and Jennifer is Edith jealous about?

8. In Chapter 3, what is Edith's letter to David about?

9. Does Iris like Monica?

10. Why do you think that Edith doesn't defend herself to the unnamed man that mocks her for being a writer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Edith's last letter to David discusses all the questions that the reader has accumulated throughout the book. Write about all the information the reader is given in this last letter. What did you find out about all of the past letters that Edith wrote in the book? How often did David and Edith meet? What was both Edith and David's commitment levels to their relationship? Why has David not contacted Edith?

Essay Topic 2

Write your opinion of this book. Did you like it? Why or why not? Did it hold your interest? Was it slow moving? What was your favorite part? What would you have liked to see go differently?

Essay Topic 3

Talk about Edith's relationship with her own parents. Describe Edith's relationship with her mother. Why was it strained? Describe Edith's relationship with her father. Discuss why every time she thinks of her father, she starts to cry in the story. How does the author reveal Edith's relationship with her parents to the reader?

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