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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. How long after the assault did Crawford feel ill?

2. When was Kelly Clark, the rector at St. Paul's during Crawford's time at the school appointed to St. Paul's?

3. How much weight did Crawford lose in Chapter 3?

4. In Chapter 4, what sport did Crawford decide to play in the winter months?

5. For Thanksgiving break in Chapter 2, who did Crawford share a ride to the airport?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 4, how did Brooke get her teammates to help her find her kneepad?

2. Why did Crawford struggle to decide what sport to play in the winter in Chapter 4?

3. What did Crawford's parents decide to do about Mr. Lane kissing their daughter?

4. Why did Crawford hope to get caught on her way back to the dorm after the attack?

5. Why did Crawford's parents want her to learn to drive a manual transmission automobile?

6. What did a friend of Crawford say might have happened if the faculty adviser had come into the room at the time of Crawford's attack?

7. Why did Crawford not scream or fight the attack?

8. What happened when Crawford could not sleep during summer break and the Lanes were staying over?

9. What medical assistance did Crawford seek, and what did Crawford learn 25 years after the fact about the diagnosis a pediatrician made after examining her throat?

10. What advantages did Alice Sebold have in trying to prove her rape charge in court?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How does the Crawford use idioms in the book? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do the idioms often require research to understand their meaning?

Essay Topic 2

Crawford learned that Rick was the person who carried her to the infirmary after she cut her leg in the pond. Why does Crawford struggle to understand how Rick could have been kind and helped her when she cut her leg? Why was it difficult for her to see him as good and evil?

Essay Topic 3

The case against the school was dropped in 2018. Was there enough evidence to bring charges? Why were charges not brought? Was anyone ever held responsible? Why did Crawford and others not receive justice for what happened to them?

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