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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 happens to Karen's inheritance from her grandmother?

2. In Chapter 51, Tony and her dinner companions have each seen who that day?

3. In Chapter 55, what secret is revealed to Roz by Boyce and Larry?

4. Who asserts herself inside Charis's mind again once Billy starts ignoring Charis in bed?

5. Why does Roz feel inferior to Mitch during lunch at the beginning of Chapter 41?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain what makes Karen become Charis.

2. Describe Karen/Charis's relationship with her grandmother.

3. How does Roz's husband Mitch usually get his affairs with other women to end?

4. What do the bad dreams Tony, Charis and Roz have in Chapter 50 symbolize?

5. To what do the police attribute Zenia's death, and why is there an aura of mystery about Zenia's passing?

6. The story with which Zenia tries to blackmail Roz in Chapter 53 is another of Zenia's many lies. Explain Zenia's real relationship with Larry.

7. Describe Zenia's rise to power at WiseWomanWorld.

8. What reason does West give in Chapter 55 for not telling Tony that Zenia called?

9. Describe Roz's childhood with her mother before her father's return from the war.

10. Describe the power in Karen's grandmother's hands.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Several suicides and two attempted suicides occur in "The Robber Bride." Discuss Roz's attempted suicide, Charis's attempted suicide, and the suicides of Tony's father, Griff, and Roz's husband, Mitch. What motivated each of them, and what theme(s) or lesson(s) do you think the author is trying to convey through these incidents? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

Karen changes her name to Charis in the book. Discuss whether you think Karen's name change and Charis's occasional lapses back into Karen indicates a mental illness or indicates her strength in being able to cope with the terrible abuse she endures. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the characters of Tony, Charis and Roz in "The Robber Bride." Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.

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