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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. As a paramedic-in-training, Yao believes the patient to be suffering from what?

2. During their session in Chapter 24, Masha tells Carmel she lacks what?

3. As Yao gives her a tour of Tranquillum House, Frances is disconcerted to learn that what happens everyday during the retreat?

4. How is Frances awoken on the first night of the retreat?

5. Why did Jessica want to come to Tranquillum House?

Short Essay Questions

1. Masha keeps receiving emails from which person? How does she respond?

2. Why is Ben unhappy with Jessica?

3. What do Masha and Frances have in common, as Frances discovers in Chapter 23?

4. Whom does Frances meet as she takes a tour of Tranquillum House? What does she think about them?

5. Who is Masha and what happens to her in Chapter 1?

6. Why is Tony famous?

7. What shocking change happened to Jessica and Ben prior to their coming on the retreat? How did the change affect them?

8. Who is Zach and what does the reader learn about him in Chapter 12?

9. What happened to Yao following the events of Chapter 1?

10. What about the Marconi family confuses the director of Tranquillum House in Chapter 9?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Morality (or the lack thereof) plays a big role in the lives of the main characters. Discuss three characters who act according to their own internal sense of morality. Are their actions moral in the eyes of the majority? What are the consequences of their moral (or not-so-moral) behavior?

Essay Topic 2

Appearances in the novel can be deceiving. How do appearances differ from reality in this novel? Discuss three characters and how this idea applies to each.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the author’s choice to tell this story by using alternating perspectives. How does viewing the action through the eyes of multiple characters affect the story? How would the book be different if the story was told through just one of their perspectives?

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