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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 time of day does the girl get to the place she wanted to see during the unexpected stop?

2. How does Cecelia learn about what is broken in Chapter 2 as she and her father are about to leave?

3. Who is with Cecelia's father when she finds him at the beginning of Chapter 2?

4. Who does Stahr usually spend the night with?

5. Where does Cecelia find her father at the beginning of Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the format of Chapter 3, and why?

2. What causes an unexpected stop at the beginning of the book?

3. How does Stahr begin his day?

4. What is Cecelia doing when the book begins?

5. What strange event happens as Cecelia is about to take her father home in Chapter 2?

6. How is Cecelia introduced at the beginning of the book?

7. What does Cecelia realize shortly after returning to Los Angeles?

8. What do some censors complain about in Chapter 3?

9. Who does Stahr call for help after the strange event in Chapter 2, and why?

10. What is Cecelia celebrating after her flight lands in Los Angeles?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the relationship between Kathleen and Stahr change throughout the course of the plot, and how do these changes affect the characters around them?

Essay Topic 2

What happens at Stahr's unfinished house, and what significance does this have on the plot? Who is involved in the scenes there, and what do these events symbolize?

Essay Topic 3

Stahr endures many different trials before the end of the book. What are some of these trials and what lessons does he learn through these experiences?

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