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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 feature does Lizabeth find unusual about the intruder?
2. What does Lizabeth's aunt feed the children for lunch?
3. At what event do Matt and Lizabeth plan to identify the neighborhood troublemaker?
4. What does Lizabeth say when Matt asks her if she likes his motorcycle?
5. Whose driveway does the intruder go into?
Short Essay Questions
1. What possible purpose does the outrageous flasher character have in the storyline? What does he provide the opportunity for?
2. What appears to be Matt's motivation for hiring Lizabeth to do construction work? Is she good at it?
3. What is Matt's reaction to Lizabeth's forwardness at the construction site in Chapter 1? What does she think his reaction means?
4. What does the Elsie's Cadillac symbolize in the story?
5. What does Elsie's character add to the novel? How would it be different without her?
6. The novel starts with Lizabeth looking for a job at a construction site. What do you think the draw of a job in the construction industry would be to a woman like Lizabeth?
7. Matt and Lizabeth discuss the flasher and his MO after his second appearance. As they try to figure out who he is, they come up with a couple hypotheses. What do they surmise about the flasher during this discussion?
8. When Lizabeth is awakened in the middle of the night by pebbles being thrown against her window, what does she imagine it to be?
9. Why might the author have moved Matt and Lizabeth so quickly to a kissing scene?
10. Compare/contrast Lizabeth's relationship with Paul to her relationship with Matt.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Which character serves as the antagonist for this novel? What about that person makes him/her the antagonist? Is there more than one antagonist? If so, who? Which antagonist is more important to the story line and why? Or are they equally important? If so, why?
Essay Topic 2
Point of view can give important insight into a character. From what point of view is this novel written? Do you think that the story line would have been better served if written from a different point of view? If so, what point of view would you choose and why? If you find this point of view sufficient, how do you think it helps to develop the characters and the plot?
Essay Topic 3
There are several uses of symbolism in this novel. Select two and thoroughly explain the relationship between the symbol and what it represents. What is its importance to the story line?
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