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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 did M's ex call her when he picked Justine up from school one day?
2. Who was Candy?
3. What would M sometimes do after her first husband took Justine to live with him?
4. What did M choose to wear for her sitting with L?
5. What part of the main house did M offer to Kurt to pursue his new career?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Justine and Tony's desire to get a dog make M feel?
2. Describe Kurt's reading in the living room at the main house. What did L say about it when he was finished?
3. How did Justine's relationship with Brett change her?
4. What new career path does Kurt decide he is going to take? What does he do to prepare?
5. Where would M watch her daughter when she was young and M was unable to see her? What did her husband do and say when he spotted M? What did M do not long after that day?
6. What does Candy say in the letter L received while at the second place?
7. What does L tell M about his father when she goes to the second place to deliver a package that arrived for him?
8. Describe the interaction between M and Brett after Brett pulled Justine's smock over her head?
9. How does L describe his mother to M when she goes to the second place to deliver his package?
10. What did M give to Justine to make up for the year she was unable to care for her? Does M believe Justine ever used this?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing narrative voice in Cusk of Second Place. Include thoughts on how the narrative voice of the story is effective in conveying the story’s themes.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay exploring the central purpose of this story. What response do you think the author hoped to get from her readers? Do you think she was successful? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?
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