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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. Where does Stahr meet the person after work?

2. What does Brady do while Stahr is gone from the studio?

3. How did Cecelia's boyfriend die?

4. Who actually calls Stahr when he is at the house he is building?

5. What does Stahr hire Robbie to do at the end of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Brady try to blackmail Stahr?

2. What does Stahr do to help the man who tried to commit suicide?

3. What do we learn when Stahr has a quick check-up with his physician?

4. What happens when a phone begins to ring at Stahr's unfinished house?

5. Why does Zavras try to commit suicide?

6. How does Kathleen meet the man she is supposed to marry?

7. Why does Brimmer criticize Stahr during their meeting?

8. What happens just before Stahr leaves his office for the day and how does Stahr respond to this?

9. Who is Red Ridingwood, and what happens when Stahr goes to visit him after lunch?

10. What happens to Kathleen and Cecelia at the end of the book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

How is the theme of diversity shown in this book, and which characters are most affected by this?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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