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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 Shakespearean play does Lily mention in Chapter 5?

2. What time does Lily finish cleaning Tuesday evening?

3. How much bigger was the yard at narrator's childhood home than the yard of the home where she lives now?

4. What size home did Alvah have before moving to an apartment?

5. Where was Lily living when she was scarred?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Lily's living room.

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

4. Why did Lily choose to live in Shakespeare?

5. Why did Lily not confide in Claude Friedrich?

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

7. Who pays for the cleaning and other chores that Lily does for Marie Hofstettler?

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

9. Describe Claude Friedrich.

10. Why was Lily not able to return to her life after the kidnapping?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Argue whether Pardon Albee did or did not seem like a person to die from violence. Cite examples from the novel to support your position.

Essay Topic 2

Citing examples from the novel, discuss how Lily changes throughout the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the characters Claude Friedrich and Marshall Sedaka. Cite examples from the novel.

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