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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 Nicholas do when he returns to school?

2. What does Nicholas tell Julie he wants?

3. What happens when Nicholas returns to the house?

4. What happens as Nicholas is leaving where June and Julie stayed during the masque?

5. What does Julie offer Nicholas as proof she is telling the truth?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Nicholas feel about Julie and Alison in this section?

2. What replies does Nicholas get to his letters about Julie and how does this make him feel?

3. What does Nicholas speculate about the 'Nazis' and what happens to him?

4. What does Nicholas notice in the house after he finishes his swim and what information does he learn?

5. What does Nicholas do to try to reconcile with Alison and what does he say?

6. How does Nicholas feel about his reactions to Conchis' tests?

7. Why does Leverrier refuse to speak with Nicholas about his personal experience at the villa?

8. What does Alison tell Nicholas when he accuses her of lying?

9. What truth does Julie share with Nicholas and what information does she share about the person called Anubis?

10. What happens to Nicholas as he follows Julie to the house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would you describe the character of Conchis? Why do you think he is so manipulative? Do you believe you would have been as compliant as Nicholas was? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

In what ways does the reader empathize with the character of Nicholas? Do you believe it is justifiable to feel empathy for Nicholas? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

What personal truth does Nicholas realize throughout this novel? What universal truth is shared with the reader in this novel? How do you personally feel about this universal truth? Why?

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