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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 does Vanessa have the urge to do after speaking with Strane on page 187?
(a) Run away.
(b) Throw up.
(c) Call 911.
(d) Take a shower.

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

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

4. According to Vanessa on page 319, what does Vanessa believe about her role in Strane’s abuse of other girls?
(a) She believes she is free from blame.
(b) She believes she could have stopped him.
(c) She believes he never hurt anyone.
(d) She believes she understands his actions.

5. How does Vanessa feel about Strane’s suicide, as she reveals on page 263?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Guilty.
(c) Confused.
(d) Happy.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Vanessa on page 263, what was Strane’s misfortune?

2. What color is the dog adopted by Vanessa?

3. Where does Plough accost Strane?

4. What is subject of the papers Strane sends to Vanessa on page 326?

5. How does Plough describe Vanessa on page 350?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the literature in Vanessa’s gothic seminar parallel her real life?

2. Why does Vanessa judge Henry Plough to be untrustworthy?

3. Who is Bridget? Describe her relationship with Vanessa.

4. What happens during Vanessa’s conversation with Taylor on page 313?

5. What happens during the interaction between Strane and Plough?

6. Why does Strane send Vanessa a packet of documents? Of what is he trying to remind her, as he explains on page 327? What does he want to achieve?

7. Where do Vanessa and Jo go together? What are both Vanessa and Jo learning to embrace?

8. What does Vanessa discover while working in the urology department of her father’s hospital?

9. Why does Vanessa feel a need to see Strane, as explained on page 267? What does she get from it? How is this adoration function like a drug?

10. What does Vanessa reveal to Henry Plough regarding her time at Browick? What connection to Browick does Plough reveal?

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