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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 the name of Stahr's secretary?

2. Who goes with Stahr to check on the damage caused by the commotion in Chapter 2?

3. What does Chapter 3 tell us about?

4. What does Stahr do while his secretary tells him his daily schedule?

5. What does one of the men NOT want to do during the unexpected stop at the beginning of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Cecelia doing when the book begins?

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

3. What kind of messages does Stahr's secretary have for him after the censor's call?

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

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

6. Who is Boxley, and why does he want an urgent meeting with Stahr?

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

8. What happened the night before Chapter 3 starts?

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

10. What kind of damage is caused by the strange event in Chapter 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Anger is an emotion that emerges in a few very sensitive places in the plot. What are some of these instances, and how are the outcome of the plot and the characters involved in those scene affected by this anger?

Essay Topic 2

There are many different symbols in this book. What are these symbols, and how does their presence alter the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

Which character do you relate with the most in this book? Why is this? How does this character change throughout the book?

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