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

2. In which character does Queenie confide in Chapter 1 when talking about Tom's request that she move out?

3. How does Cassandra find out in Chapter 10 that her new boyfriend will not be attending her party after all?

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

5. In which department of the newspaper office does Queenie work?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Who is Guy and what does Queenie tell Darcy about him in Chapter 6?

7. What new definition of courage does Sylvie provide at the end of Chapter 12 and for what purpose?

8. Who is Diana?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a critical essay about Queenie while using the critical power theory lens of feminist theory. Use textual evidence to back up your strong, specific claim regarding the novel's treatment of gender roles, the objectification of women, female empowerment, misogyny's role within society, or any other issues related to feminist theory that can be found in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

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

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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