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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 refuses to talk about which character during her first session with Janet?
2. Which of Queenie's actions alarms Gina enough in Chapter 21 that she calls Maggie?
3. Queenie begins Chapter 16 by stating that which month had "hit [her] hard" (186)?
4. Which character helps Queenie move in Chapter 22?
5. Kyazike tells which character in Chapter 15 that she should use the website called Urban Dictionary more often?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Queenie come to attend a number of sessions with Janet, despite her initial feelings?
2. How does the theme of regret arise within Chapter 13?
3. Provide evidence for the conclusion that Queenie has a passion for music.
4. Who is Elspeth?
5. What decision does Queenie make about her friendships in Chapter 22 and what action does she then take?
6. Discuss an instance when Carty-Williams uses irony to highlight the humor inherent in a particular situation.
7. How many resolutions does Queenie make in Chapter 15 and what is the last one on the list?
8. What hopeful sign does Queenie receive from Tom at the end of Chapter 14?
9. Queenie worries about which of her family members refusing to accept her choice to see a therapist?
10. For what reason is Queenie suspended from her job in Chapter 21?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Examine the effects of stress on the novel's characters and the coping methods each character uses to deal with emotional turmoil. Which characters' methods are effective, which are ineffective, and how do these varying levels of efficiency affect the messages sent by Carty-Williams within the text?
Essay Topic 3
What messages are being sent about racial tensions in the United Kingdom in the novel Queenie and what actions does Carty-Williams hope to provoke within the text’s audience?
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