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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 is Alan eating when he talks to Camille about Adora?

2. What does Meredith tell Camille about Natalie?

3. How old is John?

4. What does Meredith tell Camille about Ann?

5. Who shows up, uninvited, to bother Camille and Richard in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in the one room school house in the woods in Chapter 10?

2. Why does Camille go to see Richard at the start of Chapter 12?

3. What is Camille's experience at Katie Lacey's house in Chapter 9?

4. What does Camille learn about Natalie after talking to John in Chapter 10?

5. In Chapter 10, Camille sees John Keene up close for the first time. What does he look like?

6. What is Mrs. Keene's reaction to Camille in Chapter 8?

7. What do Camille and Amma do in Chapter 12?

8. Why does Camille decide to go to the Keene's at the start of Chapter 8?

9. What lies has Adora been telling Alan about Camille?

10. What is one of the stories that Camille tells Richard about Wind Gap's violent history?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the relationship between Camille and Detective Richard Willis. How are these characters similar and different? What draws them to one another and what, eventually, drives them apart?

Essay Topic 2

How is sexual violence used as a metaphor for power and pain in the text? Look at the different characters who inflict - as well as are victims of - this violence.

Essay Topic 3

What is the role of flashback in the text? Why does Flynn use this literary device in her writing?

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