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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Strane want to remind Vanessa on page 327?
(a) That she is a warrior.
(b) That she is a coward.
(c) That she is a poet.
(d) That she is a woman.

2. In what type of office does Taylor work?
(a) A high-tech office park.
(b) A cooperative work space.
(c) A open-plan lounge.
(d) An industrial office space.

3. What is subject of the papers Strane sends to Vanessa on page 326?
(a) Her expulsion from Browick.
(b) His letters to Vanessa.
(c) His other allegations.
(d) His childhood traumas.

4. What is one reason teenage girls should not date older men, as Vanessa reasons on page 260?
(a) The hormonal imbalance.
(b) The spiritual imbalance.
(c) The legal imbalance.
(d) The power imbalance.

5. On page 368, Vanessa realizes she wants to see the world without Strane where?
(a) In her ear.
(b) Under her skin.
(c) In her thoughts.
(d) Behind her eyes.

6. According to Vanessa on page 265, what did her teenage self do to Strane?
(a) Comforted him.
(b) Tortured him.
(c) Neglected him.
(d) Abandoned him.

7. How does Vanessa’s mother, Jan, refer to Strane on page 363?
(a) As “that devil.”
(b) As “that man.”
(c) As “that monster.”
(d) As “that pig.”

8. What does Vanessa do while Strane is sleeping on page 306?
(a) Take money from his wallet.
(b) Check his email.
(c) Look through his photos.
(d) Search his drawers.

9. How does Strane describe the girl accusing him on page 306?
(a) As a smart and honest student.
(b) As a girl with a vendetta.
(c) As a capable manipulator.
(d) As an emotionally troubled liar.

10. What type of women populate the literature in Plough’s seminar class, as explained on page 321?
(a) Depressed women.
(b) Obsessive women.
(c) Manipulative women.
(d) Vengeful women.

11. According to Vanessa on page 263, what was Strane’s misfortune?
(a) His blind faith.
(b) Falling in love with her.
(c) His dark addictions.
(d) HIs love of Nabokov.

12. How does Strane describe Vanessa’s blog on page 341?
(a) As objectionable.
(b) As harmless.
(c) As slanderous.
(d) As well written.

13. What does Vanessa name the dog she adopts at the end of the novel?
(a) Jolene.
(b) Juliet.
(c) Johanna.
(d) Jeanne.

14. Which of Plough’s seminars does Vanessa take in the spring semester of her senior year?
(a) Romantic lit.
(b) Renaissance lit.
(c) Gothic lit.
(d) Victorian lit.

15. What has Vanessa been writing for three years, as revealed on page 281?
(a) A book of poetry.
(b) A modern interpretation of Lolita.
(c) A memoir.
(d) An anonymous blog.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the now-dead Strane appear to Vanessa on page 189?

2. What does Taylor Birch do for a living?

3. How does Vanessa compare Plough to Strane on page 272?

4. Whom does Professor Plough know on the Browick staff?

5. What does Vanessa need from Strane, as she explains on page 267?

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