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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does Strane describe Vanessa’s poetry on page 44?
2. How does Vanessa react to her first sexual encounter, as revealed on page 102?
3. According to Strane on page 140, what exists inside of both him and Vanessa?
4. How does Vanessa feel after complying with Strane’s requestion page 133?
5. Why does Vanessa’s mother reject the idea that Vanessa is sexually active, as she explains on page 135?
Short Essay Questions
1. What odd request does Strane make a Vanessa on page 133? How does she respond?
2. What does Vanessa indicate about her memories involving Strane on page 7?
3. Who is Taylor Birch and what does she post to Facebook, as Vanessa discovers at the opening of the novel?
4. Who testifies to Mrs. Giles that Strane and Vanessa have been having an affair? How does Vanessa respond?
5. Why does Strane come to see Vanessa on page 54? What does Vanessa experience psychologically on page 56?
6. What indications are given to the reader that illustrate Vanessa’s lack of agency during her first sexual encounter?
7. What club does Vanessa join? Why? Whom does she meet there?
8. What happens during the field trip to see Andrew Wyeth’s home? Who witnesses this interaction?
9. What early interactions between Vanessa and Strane suggest that he is grooming her for abuse? What is the effect of these actions on Vanessa?
10. What psychological phenomenon happens to Vanessa when Strane first initiates physical contact on page 45?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the role of technology in the novel? How does technology impact My Dark Vanessa’s characters, plot, and themes?
Essay Topic 2
How does My Dark Vanessa illustrate the theme of shame and secrecy? Use textual evidence to support your analysis.
Essay Topic 3
As the old saying goes, “Time heals all wounds.” Does the novel support this adage, or does it prove the opposite? Answer, using textual evidence to support your claims?
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