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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 Irene want to drink when she finishes shopping?

2. How do Irene and Gertrude feel about John?

3. Brian and Irene's marriage is vulnerable to ____________.

4. Whom do Irene and Gertrude talk about?

5. How does Irene want to respond to John Bellew?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Irene ask Brian to drive her to? What business does she intend to take care of?

2. When did Clare disappear from the Chicago neighborhood where she and Irene lived?

3. How do Irene and Gertrude feel after they leave the meeting with Clare and John?

4. What does Clare dislike about being able to pass for white?

5. How does Irene react to John Bellew's cruel words?

6. Where does Irene travel to the day after her meeting with Clare? How does Irene first respond to Clare's note?

7. What are Irene Redfield's recollections as she reads the letter from Clare Kendry?

8. What does Brian tell Irene about someone who can pass for white?

9. After Clare and Irene run into each other at the hotel, when do they plan to meet again? How does Irene really feel about seeing her again?

10. What do Irene and Brian discuss on the way to the printer's business?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Summarize Part 1, Chapter 2 which recalls the last time Irene and Clare were together.

a) What does Irene recall in a flashback episode about Clare?

b) How did they run into each other?

c) Why didn't Irene recognize her at first?

Essay Topic 2

Summarize Part 2, Chapters 3 and 4 which describe how Clare positions herself in Irene's family.

a) What are the reactions of Irene's children and servants to Clare?

b) How does Brian react to Clare?

c) How does Irene attempt to make Clare's visits less frequent?

Essay Topic 3

What are physical descriptions of Irene and Clare? What indications are there that both women are light-skinned?

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