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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 are the first things the Montfort son sends Claire after he asks Marguerite about her?

2. What instrument does Claire play in the evenings in Chapter 6?

3. When is Nicholas Montfort injured during a hunt?

4. When did Marguerite's mother die?

5. What is the name of the tenant's young girls' nurse in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marguerite share about her parents and herself?

2. Who is Marguerite's guardian?

3. Why are some men hanged from the Valentine?

4. How did Auguste come to work for Roberval?

5. How is Nicholas injured?

6. What do the sailors talk about?

7. How did Auguste become a tanner's apprenticeship?

8. What does Marguerite see at the market when she goes with Alys?

9. What is Marguerite's meeting with Roberval like when she is 15?

10. Who was the secretary's father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mood is an element that authors use to evoke feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. Mood is the overall feeling that readers have when reading a story. What is the overall mood of Isola?

Essay Topic 2

Foreshadowing is a method authors use to hint at events to come in a novel. How does Goodman use foreshadowing Isola? Does the use of foreshadowing create suspense?

Essay Topic 3

Marguerite is jealous of Claire and Claire’s relationship with her mother in Part 1 of Isola. Why is Marguerite jealous of the women and their relationship?

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