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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 is the name of the woman's son?

2. What is the name of the person who dotes on Lily?

3. Which sound woke Hayley?

4. Amelia carries a ____ that belongs to the baby.

5. What is written in the note found in Harper's kitchen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the opening scene of the prologue. Who is the woman and what is her situation?

2. Who is David? What is his advice to Hayley?

3. How does Reginald act toward Amelia after the baby's birth? What is Amelia's reaction?

4. Discuss the conversation held between Hayley and Stella in Stella's kitchen.

5. Discuss the scene in which Harper shows photographs to Mitch.

6. What happens when Amelia arrives at Harper House?

7. Discuss Hayley's personality.

8. What is Harper's explanation for Hayley's behavior?

9. What traumatic event has happened to the woman?

10. Why does Hayley feel guilty about her attraction to Harper?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There is a strong connection between Amelia and Hayley due to a number of factors. What are the factors? Who chose to open the connection? Compare and contrast Hayley and Amelia's circumstances and their connections to each other and to Harper House.

Essay Topic 2

Hayley is a 26 year old woman that has arrived in Memphis to work with her distant cousin, Roz Harper Ashby. Write a complete character description of Hayley. Include Hayley's past, her connection to Amelia Connor, and her position at Harper House. Include her relationships with Harper, Stella, and Roz.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss in detail the dreams had by Hayley and Stella. Which were most vivid? Who was most attuned to the dreams? Could the dreams be analyzed? What did they mean? Who was most affected? What were the messages contained in the dreams, if any? How did the dreams relate to real life?

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