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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 is engraved on the lighter Jules finds in Nel's nightstand?

2. What does Jules do when Sean picks her up in Sean 1?

3. What is the name of the house that Nel and Jules grow up in?

4. What does Lena usually call Detective Townsend?

5. What is engraved on the lighter Jules finds in Nel's drawer in Jules 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Helen crying at the start of Helen 1?

2. What story does Nel tell Jules about in Jules 3?

3. Why do Nel and Lena fight in Lena 3?

4. What do Josh and his mother fight about in Josh in 2?

5. In Nickie 1, the reader learns about Nickie Sage's run-ins with the law. Why has she had trouble with the law in her past?

6. How does Jules describe Lena in Jules 4?

7. How does Jules react when she learns about her sister in Jules 1?

8. How does Danielle (Nel) describe the Beckford Drowning Pool in Danielle 1?

9. In Jules 6, how does Jules explain the estrangement between herself and Nel?

10. How does Libby die in Libby 1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Hakwins use the literary technique of foreshadowing to develop the plot of the story?

Essay Topic 2

How is Nickie Sage important to the novel? Consider how she connects the present storyline to the stories of the women that lived previously in Beckford.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the role of law enforcement in the novel.

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