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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. Which of the following is NOT true regarding Charlie's response to discovering his mother's affair?

2. Who could corroborate Charlie's story about Eliza in Chapter Six?

3. What does Charlie call his punishment in Chapter Six?

4. Why were Rosie and Jack in the car on the day of the crash?

5. How did Jack Lionel memorialize Rosie's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Charlie handle the knowledge of his mother's indiscretion in Chapter Seven?

2. What plan did Jasper and Laura have before she died?

3. What are some clues that indicate the novel is set in the 1960s?

4. Why is Charlie so distressed to learn that his father has written a novel?

5. Explore the beating of An Lu. What is the precipitating factor? Who are some prominent characters in the beating and in Lu's defense?

6. What are the clues that indicate that Mad Jack Lionel may not really be a serial killer?

7. How has Jasper's father done after the death of his mother?

8. Why does the Vigil make Charlie feel that he and Jasper have no real chance of finding Laura's killer?

9. Why does Jasper feel so guilty about Laura's death?

10. During the cricket game in Chapter Six, what is happening between Charlie and Eliza?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

It appears that the marginalized often strive to subjugate others even more than they have been pressed down themselves. Write an essay in which you detail such instances in the novel, and make connections between the characters who are the subjugated, and those who are the oppressor.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you detail the ways in which the Sylvia Likens case is similar to circumstances in Corrigan and to Laura Wishart's life.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you explore what it is that makes Jeffrey Lu a superhero.

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