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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. When Queenie goes to sleep curled up against Tom's back at the end of Chapter 1, she wakes up at what time of day to find him missing?

2. What primary emotion does Queenie experience in relation to Cassandra's new romance?

3. Which character continues to badger Queenie about dating him in Chapter 9?

4. With what type of communique does Chapter 1 of Queenie begin?

5. In Chapter 5, Queenie worries about neglecting which part of her life as of late?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In what setting does Chapter 1 of Queenie take place?

3. What promise does Queenie make to herself at the beginning of Chapter 5?

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

5. What does Tom's shirt symbolize in Chapter 4?

6. For what transgression does Gina scold Queenie in Chapter 7?

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

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

9. Who is Diana?

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

Discuss Carty-Williams's purpose for juxtaposing at least two different locations in a particular way within the text of Queenie.

Essay Topic 2

William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Carty-Williams’s novel Queenie. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.

Essay Topic 3

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

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