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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 color is the dog adopted by Vanessa?
2. To what college is Vanessa accepted in the spring of 2002?
3. According to Strane on page 304, what is the only thing he did to the girl accusing him?
4. In what grade was Vanessa when Strane had his vasectomy, as revealed on page 226?
5. According to Strane on page 304, what did the experience with Vanessa brand him as?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Strane die? How does he appear to Vanessa?
2. What does Vanessa tell Ruby about the extent of her control over Strane on page 319? What does Ruby say in response?
3. Who are Jade and Charley and what impact do they have on Vanessa?
4. What does Vanessa discover while working in the urology department of her father’s hospital?
5. Who is Jo and how does she get her name?
6. What happens during Vanessa’s conversation with Taylor on page 313?
7. What does Strane demand of Vanessa following his interaction with Plough?
8. What does Vanessa learn from Jenny in the spring of 2002?
9. What does Vanessa reveal to Henry Plough regarding her time at Browick? What connection to Browick does Plough reveal?
10. What happens during the interaction between Strane and Plough?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the characters of Ms. Thompson, Mrs. Antonova, and Mrs. Giles. How do these characters attempt to help Vanessa in the novel? How do they unwittingly harm her? How do they further develop the novel’s themes?
Essay Topic 2
The role of power is a major theme of My Dark Vanessa. Choose three situations in which this theme is illustrated. Explain how each situation illustrates the theme of power, and evaluate what the author is trying to say about this subject.
Essay Topic 3
How does My Dark Vanessa illustrate the theme of shame and secrecy? Use textual evidence to support your analysis.
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