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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. As Vanessa heads into her senior year of college, with whom does she begin living?
(a) Becky.
(b) Brielle.
(c) Bridget.
(d) Bea.

2. Who contacts Vanessa in the spring of 2002?
(a) Jenny.
(b) Mrs. Antonova.
(c) Jesse.
(d) Mrs. Giles.

3. What does Vanessa need from Strane, as she explains on page 267?
(a) His presence.
(b) His ignorance.
(c) His fastidiousness.
(d) His adoration.

4. What color is the dog adopted by Vanessa?
(a) White.
(b) Black.
(c) Brown.
(d) Gray.

5. According to Strane on page 304, what did the experience with Vanessa brand him as?
(a) A pedophile.
(b) A deviant.
(c) A misfit.
(d) A freak.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Taylor Birch do for a living?

2. What does Strane reveal about Plough’s wife on page 342?

3. In what type of office does Taylor work?

4. What type of women populate the literature in Plough’s seminar class, as explained on page 321?

5. How does Vanessa describe the word “survivor” on page 232?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Vanessa learn from Jenny in the spring of 2002?

2. What does Strane demand of Vanessa following his interaction with Plough?

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

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

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

6. Who is Jo and how does she get her name?

7. Who is Henry Plough? How does Vanessa compare him to Strane on page 272?

8. How does Strane die? How does he appear to Vanessa?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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