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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. Why does Mrs. Iselin invite Raymond into the library?

2. In England, what does Raymond's mother reveal?

3. What happens while Raymond's mother is gone?

4. What does Raymond begin playing?

5. Who enters, just as Raymond kills Jordan?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marco have Rosie do?

2. To where is the reader taken?

3. Of what does Raymond's column consist?

4. What has taken place between Raymond and Jocie's father?

5. What happens when it is discovered that Jocie and Raymond have left the party?

6. What do Rosie and Marco celebrate?

7. How does Jocie interfere with Raymond's programming?

8. What has happened to Marco?

9. What do Raymond and Jocie do?

10. How is Shaw's assassin mind-set triggered?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A wide range of emotions are expressed in this story.

Part 1) Give four examples of emotions and when they are expressed.

Part 2) What is the purpose of this spectrum of emotions?

Part 3) How do these emotions reflect the feelings of those living at this time in history? How might it affect readers differently today? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Iselin becomes an analogue for Joseph McCarthy.

Part 1) Who is Joseph McCarthy? How is Iselin similar to this man?

Part 2) Do you believe the author purposely create Iselin based on Joseph McCarthy? Why or why not?

Part 3) Would a reader need to know who Joseph McCarthy was to better understand Iselin? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Communism is the cause of much of the action in this story.

Part 1) What is Communism? How did many Americans feel about Communists, based on the information in the story?

Part 2) How does Communism affect the lives of the main characters?

Part 3) How does the author feel about Communism, based on this story?

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