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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 is the name of Paul Drabble's son?

2. Who nearly falls during the morning hike in Chapter 17?

3. How did Yao feel in the time following Masha's heart attack?

4. Who purchased the winning lottery ticket?

5. According to Jessica, she is addicted to what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does Masha learn about Carmel in Chapter 24?

2. Who is Ray, and what does he want? How does Lars feel about this desire?

3. What does the reader learn about Zach's death in Chapter 26? Why does Napoleon blame himself?

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

5. Why is Ben unhappy with Jessica?

6. What does the reader learn about Carmel's background in Chapter 21?

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

8. What happened during Masha's near-death experience?

9. Once alone in her room for the first time, what does Frances discover?

10. Frances is concerned to see what happen during their morning hike in Chapter 17?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is Paul Drabble and what role does he play in Frances’s development? How would her development change (or not) had Drabble not been included in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze how the novel’s setting influences both the characters and the novel’s plot.

Essay Topic 3

Masha’s key to transformation revolves around the guests experiencing “a dark night of the soul.” How does she ensure that each guest experiences a “dark night,” and is this technique effective? Analyze the effectiveness of her methods using three characters from the novel.

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