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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 brings Billy to Canada from the United States in Chapter 30?
2. When Shanita reads the Tarot for Charis in Chapter 52, what does she foretell?
3. Where are Zenia's ashes temporarily stored in Chapter 55?
4. When Charis follows Zenia and her male companion in a cab in Chapter 28, where do they end up going?
5. Who tries to commit suicide in Chapter 48 with sleeping pills and scotch?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Billy in Canada?
2. Describe Charis's life on the island with Billy before Zenia comes.
3. Explain how Roz's father made his money.
4. To what do the police attribute Zenia's death, and why is there an aura of mystery about Zenia's passing?
5. Explain how Zenia tries to blackmail Roz in Chapter 53.
6. Recount what happens to Mitch after he leaves Roz for Zenia.
7. Describe the power in Karen's grandmother's hands.
8. What changes occur in Roz's life after her father's return from the war.
9. 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.
10. What story does Zenia give Roz about Roz's father's heroism?
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
Zenia has affairs with three men in "The Robber Bride" and gets each of her lovers to leave his wife/girlfriend for her. Compare and contrast Zenia's relationships with West, Billy, and Mitch. Do you think she loved any of them? Which man do you think Zenia loved or wanted most? Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
Essay Topic 3
Tony, the historian, opens and closes "The Robber Bride" and decides where to start and stop the story of Zenia. Who is the strongest of the three friends whose men are stolen from them by Zenia: Tony, Roz or Charis? Why? Compare and contrast the strengths and weaknesses of the three protagonists in the novel and discuss whether any of them develop strengths during the course of the story that they do not display at the beginning of the story. Cite examples from the text to support your arguments.
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