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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 time is it when the narrator goes for a walk in Chapter 1?

2. How tall is Carlton?

3. How long had Lily been out of college at the time she was scarred?

4. How many hours was Lily chained in the shed before her captors left?

5. What time does Lily finish cleaning Tuesday evening?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lily learn about Claude Friedrich's personal life when he visits Marie Hofstettler?

2. What typical sibling rivalry did Lily and her sister have when they were growing up together?

3. Did Lily have a key to the dentist's office when she first started cleaning there?

4. Why did Pardon Albee pick up Marie Hofstettler's rent check every month?

5. Describe Claude Friedrich.

6. How did Marshall know that Lily had scars on her torso?

7. Why does Lily not tan?

8. Why did Rooster, one member of the biker gang, give Lily a gun?

9. What does Lily do for a living?

10. Why does Lily say that Alvah has gone downhill since she and her husband moved to the apartment complex?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Argue whether Lily is a vigilante. Cite examples from "Shakespeare's Landlord" to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

Argue whether some of Lily's clients are also friends. CIte examples from the book to support your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the relationship between Norvel and the Shakespeare Combined Church and why it seems odd to Lily. Cite examples from the book.

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