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

2. To what college is Vanessa accepted in the spring of 2002?

3. How does Strane describe Vanessa’s blog on page 341?

4. According to Strane on page 270, what is Vanessa reluctant to do?

5. According to Vanessa on page 322, what does she now lack that teenage Vanessa once had?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Strane describe the student accusing him of assault on page 306?

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

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

7. 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?

8. How does Jo keep Vanessa in the present moment, as explained on page 369?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

While teaching a lesson on Longfellow, Strane remarks that “the world is made of endlessly intersecting stories, each one valid and true” (21). How does the novel support or refute this claim?

Essay Topic 2

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.

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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