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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 does Cecelia die of?

2. What does Stahr do for the man that tries to commit suicide at the studio?

3. What does Cecelia find in the closet of her father's office after her meeting with Martha?

4. What is Martha Dodd's occupation?

5. Where is Stahr when the woman from the flood tells him her story?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Brady try to blackmail Stahr?

3. What does Stahr do when he wakes up after his meeting with Brimmer?

4. What does Stahr find in his office after he looks at the afternoon dailies?

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

6. What does a black man say to Stahr while he is on the beach with Kathleen, and how does he respond?

7. How was Cecelia once connected to Communist Party leaders, and why has that connection weakened?

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

9. What is in the letter that Kathleen left in Stahr's car?

10. Where does Stahr go after his relationship with Cecelia, and why?

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

Death is a key theme and symbol in this book. What are some of the main places this theme presented itself, and how does it change the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

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

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