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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. Which family member has a marble statue in the cemetery, as Noemí discovers in Chapter 4?
2. Most of the graves in the cemetery date from what year, as revealed in Chapter 4?
3. What card game does Noemí think of while speaking with Francis in Chapter 10?
4. What does Noemí break in anger at the end of Chapter 8?
5. According to Marta in Chapter 6, who murdered several members of the Doyle family?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who was Benito? What does Noemí learn about him in Chapter 12?
2. What does Marta reveal about the construction of High Place in Chapter 12?
3. What is High Place? What does Noemí think about High Place upon first seeing it in Chapter 2?
4. Who were Agnes and Alice, and what does Noemí learn about them in Chapter 7?
5. What favor does Catalina ask of Noemí in Chapter 5? What does Catalina warn Noemí?
6. Who is Dr. Cummins and what does he tell Noemí in Chapter 5?
7. Who is Marta and what information does she tell Noemí in Chapter 6?
8. Who is Howard, and what views does he hold, as revealed in Chapter 3?
9. Who is Catalina and what does the reader learn about her in Chapter 1?
10. What is the Doyle family symbol, as Virgil explains in Chapter 8? What does it represent?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the use of foreshadowing in the novel. How is foreshadowing used, and how does it set the stage for what is really happening at High Place?
Essay Topic 2
The role of beauty is a major theme of the novel. Choose three situations in which this theme is illustrated. Explain how each situation illustrates the theme of beauty, and evaluate what the author is trying to say about this subject.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the author’s choice to tell this story by using a third-person perspective. How does viewing the action through a third-person perspective affect the story? How would the novel change if the story was told through the first person?
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