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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. Connell's grandmother is the same age as whom?

2. What is Connell's last name?

3. What score does Marianne earn on her exams?

4. What is Rachel's last name?

5. What subject does Connell plan to study as a major in college?

Short Essay Questions

1. What story is continually told about Marianne during her high school years?

2. Describe Lorraine's appearance and manner.

3. How is Connell's mother Lorraine employed?

4. What event brings Lorraine and Connell to the hospital in April of 2011?

5. What is the significance of Connell's interpretation of the story circulated about Marianne?

6. What comment of Marianne's does Connell repeat to himself and why?

7. What had Connell's sexual experiences been like prior to meeting Marianne?

8. How does Lorraine react to the news that Connell is taking Rachel to the Debs?

9. When the reader joins Connell in the fall of his first year of college, to what changes has he had to adapt?

10. To what action of Rob's does Connell object and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What messages does Rooney send about the cycle of abuse and what themes are employed in order to send these messages to the reader?

Essay Topic 2

What is the function of Jamie's character within the novel? Discuss the characterization methods used by Rooney in depicting Jamie and include in your discussion the reasons that Rooney portrays Jamie in these particular ways.

Essay Topic 3

How is the topic of communication treated within Normal People and how does its treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?

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