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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. What has Vanessa’s mother taken from her room following her expulsion from Browick?

2. How does Plough describe Vanessa on page 350?

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

4. According to Vanessa on page 368, her dog is just starting to embrace what previously unknown things?

5. Where is the site of Strane’s death, as revealed on page 198?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Vanessa rationalize Strane’s actions on page 260?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does Vanessa feel regarding her impending graduation from college? What does Strane say about it on page 270?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The antagonist of a novel is a character or force who works in opposition to the protagonist. Who is the antagonist of the novel? Jacob Strane? Taylor Birch? The Browick administration? Vanessa herself? What do you think? Make a case for that which you believe best fits the criteria of an antagonist in My Dark Vanessa.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay defining victimhood from the perspective of Vanessa. What does it mean to be a victim, according to Vanessa? How do the choices she makes reflect these values?

Essay Topic 3

What do you think the future has in store for Vanessa and Jo after the close of the novel? Predict Vanessa’s future based on her thoughts and actions over the course of the novel as well as the growth she experiences at the end.

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