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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 does West tell Tony in Chapter 51 that Zenia told him when she dumped him?
2. What begins to appear in Roz's home once Roz's father returns from the war?
3. How does Karen react when she is being raped?
4. What happens when Charis tells Billy she's pregnant?
5. How did Charis and Zenia originally meet?
Short Essay Questions
1. What explanation does West gives Roz in Chapter 52 for his attraction to Zenia?
2. How does Roz's husband Mitch usually get his affairs with other women to end?
3. Describe Karen/Charis's relationship with her grandmother.
4. Describe Zenia's rise to power at WiseWomanWorld.
5. What changes occur in Roz's life after her father's return from the war.
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. Explain how Zenia tries to blackmail Roz in Chapter 53.
8. What story does Zenia give Charis about her parents.
9. Why is Billy in Canada?
10. Describe the power in Karen's grandmother's hands.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Give at least three examples of Charis's supposed psychic abilities in "The Robber Bride" and discuss whether you think these abilities are genuine, a figment Charis's imagination, or a combination of illusion and reality. If you do not think all of Charis's experiences are genuine psychic phenomena, what do you think they represent instead? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
"The Robber Bride" contains a number of instances of irony. Cite three examples of irony in the novel and discuss what you think the author intends to convey with each example.
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