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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. Who sends Lily the flowers?

2. Of what nationality is Marshall one-quarter?

3. Where do Claude and Lily go after dinner in Montrose?

4. What needs to be done to Deedra's car?

5. Why does Janet want to know if Marshall and Lily are "a locked in thing"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Lily's thoughts concerning the death of Del from the moment she finds him? How do her thoughts change as the chapter progresses?

2. How does Del feel about this year's competition?

3. Who is the man that Deedra is having an affair with, and what does Lily think that he is thinking?

4. Describe The Fight in detail.

5. Where do Claude and Lily go after her karate class, and what does Claude tell Lily?

6. Who is the new woman in town? What is she doing there? How do others react to her at the gym?

7. Who is the narrator of the story, and what type of person is she?

8. What does Del say about Lily Bard and the competition?

9. What does the spotter do to Del?

10. How does Bobo react when Lily comes to karate class on the night that Raphael has returned?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In a serious piece of literature, violence is not used simply for violence sake. What violence does Harris give to the reader, and what are her motives for using this violence?

Essay Topic 2

The Fight is very telling about the characters of Shakespeare and how they handle each other and problematic situations. Analyze how the participants of The Fight handled the situation and what that says about them morally.

Essay Topic 3

Are Darcy, Cleve and Jim puppets in a game that is too big for them? How so? What does it cost them? Defend the answer using specific details from the novel.

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