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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. Who is Jodi?
2. Where are Charlotte and Vinny?
3. Who does Gordon invite to tea?
4. Who makes the Christmas turkey in Isobel's home?
5. How do Hilary and Richard supposedly die?
Short Essay Questions
1. For whom do the servants prepare the home?
2. What smell does Isobel awaken to and what does she notice?
3. What is happening on Christmas eve at the Fairfax household?
4. How does Gordon clarify his statement about the death of Eliza?
5. How does Lady Fairfax end up being with Robert Kavanagh?
6. What day does Gordon remember at the end of this chapter?
7. Who is having breakfast when Isobel goes downstairs and how is everyone at the breakfast table?
8. What does Isobel do with Malcolm in Hilary's bedroom?
9. How does Maude Potter finally get a baby and what does she name the baby?
10. Who is Lady Margaret and what happens to her in regards to Sir Francis?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the following:
1. Compare/contrast Isobel's and Charles' reaction to the disappearance of their mother. How do you think you would have reacted in a similar situation? Explain.
2. Discuss how you would have handled things were you in Isobel at Hilary's party. Do you think she handles the party better or worse than (or about the same) as you? Would you have confided in your someone about the party? Why or why not?
3. Do you think Isobel and Charles should have been taken to a therapist? Why? What do you think the therapists would have said to each of them?
Essay Topic 2
Many authors if queried would admit that they have an agenda for writing a particular novel. Discuss the following:
1. Define and give examples of the concept of "author agenda."
2. Do you think Atkinson has an agenda in mind when she writes "Human Croquet"?
3. What do you think would be Atkinson's agenda(s) (if she has one)? Give examples to illustrate how the agenda is fulfilled.
4. Do you think writers who have an agenda for writing should point it out in a preface?
5. How often do you think fiction is written with a clear agenda in mind by the author?
Essay Topic 3
Plots are sometimes said to be either character-driven or action-driven. Discuss the following:
1. What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven? Action driven?
2. How do you think a plot differs if it is character driven versus action driven?
3. Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why?
4. Do you think "Human Croquet" is more character-driven or action-driven? Or balanced between the two? Explain.
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