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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 does Maggie ask Liz to do in Chapter 10?

2. What has happened to the letter Liz wrote to Sean?

3. What has Maggie given to Liz to help her?

4. How does Maggie feel about Liz's pregnancy?

5. What do Sean's future plans include?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Maggie need from Liz?

2. What improvements are made to the relationship between Dennis and Maggie in Chapter 8?

3. Why does Maggie go to the clinic with Rod and Liz?

4. What does Liz need from Maggie. Can Maggie provide this for her?

5. Why does Sean decide to talk to his father? What are the results?

6. Why does Liz tell Maggie to let her die?

7. Describe the way Liz behaves toward Sean in Chapter 11.

8. How is Liz an ill-fated character?

9. Why does Liz decide to have an abortion?

10. Why does Sean assume that his father intercepted Liz's letter to him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Maggie's life change from the beginning of the story to end? How much confidence has she gained? What has she lost over the course of the story? How does this change her?

Essay Topic 2

What symbolism is present in Sean's essay? What is the significance of the title of his essay, "The Circus of Darkness"? What can the reader learn from Sean as a result?

Essay Topic 3

What transitions are present in the story? Why are transitions necessary? How can the reader tell that a transition is in place?

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