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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. Queenie reveals to the reader in Chapter 11 that which character is the only man she has ever trusted?

2. What shocking information does Queenie find out in Chapter 1 while the messenger is behaving much too casually?

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

4. Gina tells Queenie that she wants to see a story about fashion and the MeToo movement by which day?

5. When Tom asks Queenie to move out of their apartment, how long has it been since the two had sex?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the significance of the phrase "couple goals" (44) in Chapter 3?

5. What response does Queenie receive in answer to her text to Tom in Chapter 9?

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

7. What information is revealed about Tom's criticism of Queenie's relationship skills in Chapter 1?

8. Who is Kyazike?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What messages does Carty-Williams send to the audience about the themes of isolation and outreach?

Essay Topic 2

What is the central purpose of the work Queenie? What response do you think Carty-Williams wants from the text’s audience? How does each character support Carty-Williams’s purpose?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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