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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word is used in the newspaper article on page 148 to describe how Strane prepared his victims?
(a) Primed.
(b) Groomed.
(c) Conditioned.
(d) Trained.

2. According to Strane on page 178, what is the only way for Vanessa to have a successful future?
(a) He must remain innocent.
(b) He must remain aloof.
(c) He must remain a secret.
(d) He must remain calm.

3. On page 76, Vanessa compares herself to which literary character?
(a) Annabel Leigh.
(b) Clare Quilty.
(c) Humbert Humbert.
(d) Dolores Haze.

4. What enthralls Strane when he visits Vanessa at home on page 154?
(a) Her backyard.
(b) Her kitchen.
(c) Her library.
(d) Her bedroom.

5. How old is Vanessa as the novel begins?
(a) 34.
(b) 30.
(c) 36.
(d) 32.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Strane on page 123, what will he treasure forever?

2. How did the freelance journalist receive Vanessa’s name, as she explains on page 112?

3. According to Strane on page 21, the world is made up of endlessly intersecting what?

4. What is Strane unable to handle, as he explains on page 140?

5. How does Vanessa describe her current emotional state to Strane on page 104?

Short Essay Questions

1. What odd request does Strane make a Vanessa on page 133? How does she respond?

2. Who is Jenny and what does the reader learn about her (and subsequently about Vanessa) on page 12?

3. What novel does Strane give Vanessa and what effect does it have on Vanessa?

4. What happens to Vanessa psychologically during her first kiss with Strane on page 83?

5. What happens at the Halloween dance on page 62?

6. What strange gift does Strane give to Vanessa when she first goes to visit him at his house?

7. How does Strane begin laying the groundwork for predatory behavior in the very first class Vanessa has with him?

8. Why does Jenny approach Vanessa in the winter of their sophomore year? How does Vanessa respond?

9. Whose poetry does Strane give Vanessa to read while she is still his student? What is the effect of this poetry on Vanessa?

10. According to Strane following Vanessa’s conversation with Jenny, what would happen to Vanessa if anyone found out about their affair?

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