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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 Professor Wolff tell Alice after she tells him about her rapist?

2. What doesn't Alice's father understand that hurts Alice to this day?

3. Who comes to Alice's dorm room to help her sketch her rapist?

4. What is the name of the Sergeant who takes Alice's affidavit?

5. After Alice makes her composite, what do the police do next?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Alice is grabbed from behind, what does the man say to her? What is her response?

2. What was the tunnel at the beginning of the book once used for? What does Alice see in the tunnel that still remains with her to this day?

3. What does Tobias Wolff tell Alice before he lets her leave class? Why does he say this?

4. During her first year at Syracuse, who does Alice become friends with in her poetry class? What love triangle do they form?

5. What hall does Alice live in when she returns to college for her second year? What kind of students are reported to live here?

6. What does the doctor inject Alice with in order to relax her? What might the medicine make her do? Why must she suppress this?

7. What show does Alice find uncomfortable watching with her family? Why is she uncomfortable about it?

8. What does Mary Alice do before Alice leaves with her mother? Why does she do this?

9. What does Alice say to her mother about the men they pass while driving to pick Mary up from college? How does her mother respond to this?

10. What does Alice's father do for a living? How did this affect Alice as a child?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Think about Linda's reaction to her rape, both to the case and to Alice. Write an essay about Lila's behavior after she was raped and the reasons for her actions. How do they differ from Alice? How are they similar?

Essay Topic 2

Think about the role of the police in Alice's case. Write an essay on the police presence in the book, spanning from the impersonal to personal, giving at least three examples.

Essay Topic 3

Think about Alice's statement that she did anything to get through her rape. Write an essay about the things that Alice did to appease her attacker and how this impacted her and others in their analysis of the case.

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