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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 Strane reveal about Plough’s wife on page 342?
(a) She is his former student.
(b) She is his former patient.
(c) She is his former secretary.
(d) She is his former neighbor.

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

3. How does Strane describe the allegations against him on page 187?
(a) As having no understanding.
(b) As having no cure.
(c) As having no compassion.
(d) As having no logic.

4. According to Vanessa on page 319, every aspect of her life is laced with what?
(a) Strane.
(b) Browick.
(c) The past.
(d) Poison.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the name of Vanessa’s friends in the wake of her expulsion from Browick?

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

3. According to Strane on page 304, what is the only thing he did to the girl accusing him?

4. According to Vanessa on page 369, when does her dog wag her tail for attention?

5. What does Vanessa name the dog she adopts at the end of the novel?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Craig, and how does Vanessa meet him? What happens between them?

2. How does Strane react to his encounter with Plough? How does Vanessa react to it?

3. What does Janine tell Vanessa on page 232, and how does Vanessa feel about Janine’s choice of words?

4. How does Vanessa fit in on campus, as explained on page 269?

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

6. How does Vanessa’s relationship with Strane change after her graduation from college? To what can the reader attribute such change?

7. What is Vanessa’s opinion of her teenage self? How does Ruby see a teenage Vanessa, as she explains on page 265?

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

9. Who are Jade and Charley and what impact do they have on Vanessa?

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

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