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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. How much money does Alice have in her back pocket?

2. What does Alice hold on to while the man drags her to the tunnel?

3. What did the tunnel where Alice was raped once function as?

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

5. Who took photos of Alice earlier in the night?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Alice see in the elevator in Mary's college dorm? What happened to this girl?

2. When Alice first sees her rapist, what does he say to her? How does Alice respond?

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

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

5. When Alice and Ken go with the officer to look for her rapist, what is unusual about the officer's behavior? Why does he behave like this?

6. When Alice comes home after the rape, what does Alice say that shocks her father? Why does she do this?

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

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

9. What play is Steve Carbonaro obsessed with? What character does he compare Alice to?

10. After the attack is finished, what does the rapist say to Alice? What does he offer her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Think about Alice's family while she was growing up. Write an essay on how Alice's childhood shapes her behavior as an adult, making sure to provide at least three strong examples.

Essay Topic 2

Alice ends her memoir with the statement "Both hell and hope lie in the palm of my hand." Write an essay explaining this quote and Alice's ending and what conclusion she has come to.

Essay Topic 3

Think about the difference between Mary Alice and Linda. Write a compare/contrast essay between these two people and the comforts that Alice finds in them.

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