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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Vanessa on page 319, what does she need her relationship with Strane to be?
(a) A horror story.
(b) A comedy.
(c) A love story.
(d) A coming-of-age story.

2. How does Ruby describe a teenage Vanessa on page 265?
(a) As just trying her best.
(b) As just trying to go to school.
(c) As just trying to survive.
(d) As just trying to be loved.

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

4. How does Plough describe Vanessa on page 350?
(a) As a conundrum.
(b) As a riddle.
(c) As an enigma.
(d) As a stumper.

5. To what college is Vanessa accepted in the spring of 2002?
(a) Babson College.
(b) Amherst College.
(c) Emerson College.
(d) Atlantica College.

6. How does the now-dead Strane appear to Vanessa on page 189?
(a) As an innocent man.
(b) As a wronged man.
(c) As an old man.
(d) As a young man.

7. According to Vanessa on page 283, everything wrong with her originated from what?
(a) Browick.
(b) Her parents.
(c) Strane.
(d) Her heart.

8. How does Jan Wye feel about her role in Vanessa’s abuse, as she reveals on page 363?
(a) Guilty.
(b) Proud.
(c) Vindicated.
(d) Exonerated.

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

10. What does Taylor Birch do for a living?
(a) She is a teacher.
(b) She is a writer.
(c) She is an architect.
(d) She is an accountant.

11. Where does Vanessa take her dog at the end of the novel?
(a) The park.
(b) The lake.
(c) Her mother's house.
(d) The beach.

12. What does Plough want Vanessa to do after graduation?
(a) Write a novel.
(b) Enter the graduate writing program.
(c) Get her teaching certificate.
(d) Seek professional therapy.

13. How does Taylor react when Vanessa describes her relationship with Strane as the stuff of love stories?
(a) She looks afraid.
(b) She looks confused.
(c) She looks sad.
(d) She looks ill.

14. Of what is Craig a veteran, as revealed on page 214?
(a) Desert Shield.
(b) Desert Strike.
(c) Desert Smite.
(d) Desert Storm.

15. According to Strane on page 358, what does he pretend about his students?
(a) That they are Vanessa.
(b) That they understand him.
(c) That they like him.
(d) That they fear him.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Vanessa on page 270, what is the difference between rape and sex?

2. How does Vanessa describe her relationship with Strane on page 192?

3. What does Strane want to remind Vanessa on page 327?

4. How does Vanessa feel on page 250, after learning of Strane’s emails about her to the administration of Browick?

5. How does Strane describe himself on page 187?

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