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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 person who dotes on Lily?

2. Reginald tries to pay off Amelia by offering her a trip to ____.

3. What is the name of the visiting cousin?

4. What is the name of the woman's lover?

5. The woman's baby is renamed ____.

Short Essay Questions

1. Discuss the scene in the modern day Harper House.

2. Discuss Mitch's interest in learning more about Amelia.

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

4. Discuss Hayley's personality.

5. What is Amelia's reaction to the news of her baby's death?

6. What is Hayley's situation? How did she come to Harper House?

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

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

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

10. What wakes Hayley? What strange event occurs?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss in detail Amelia's plan to get revenge on Reginald Harper. What was at the root of Amelia's rage? Why was she so intent on revenge? Would Amelia have been so intent on getting revenge if she had been sane? What kind of punishment did Amelia have planned for Reginald? What happened?

Essay Topic 3

Hayley is frequently possessed by Amelia. Discuss the possession. Is it possible for a person to be possessed? If so, how? What was Amelia's purpose in inhabiting Hayley's body? How could the others tell when Hayley was being possessed? What was done about it? How could it have been prevented?

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