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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 kind of staff member at the sexual health clinic in Chapter 8 is Elspeth?

2. In what way is Diana related to Queenie?

3. Who shows up late to Midnight Mass in Chapter 12?

4. With whom does Queenie have rough sex in Chapter 6?

5. Whose presence at the hospital is meant to be calming, but turns out to be anxiety-inducing?

Short Essay Questions

1. For what reason does Queenie travel to Oxford Street in Chapter 10?

2. Provide a detail from Chapter 2 suggesting that Queenie relies too much on others' approval.

3. Who is Jacob and how is he different from the other men in Queenie's life?

4. What does the nurse at the sexual health clinic tell Queenie in Chapter 7 and what are his follow-up instructions?

5. Who is Diana?

6. How does Queenie come to own an OKCupid profile in Chapter 3?

7. Which objects does Queenie mention as ones that she intends to carry with her throughout her life?

8. For what purpose does Carty-Williams include a text from Darcy in Chapter 6 after Queenie has gone home with a stranger?

9. What types of men does Queenie encounter as a result of owning an OKCupid profile?

10. Which two people on earth are allowed to touch Queenie's hair and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Perform a biographical criticism of Queenie by researching Carty-Williams's life and work. Be sure to create a strong and specific claim focused on this particular book and then support that claim with quotes from the book and from your research of Carty-Williams.

Essay Topic 2

Examine the role of family within the text Queenie. What types of family relationships are represented and how does Carty-Williams use their variety to inform many of the work's themes?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how and why Carty-Williams instills three different humanist messages into the narrative of Queenie.

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