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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. When the intruder appears in Chapter 6, what does Lizabeth do?
2. How many children does Lizabeth have?
3. How does Elise react when she hears that there was an intruder in the yard?
4. What does the intruder wear on his head?
5. What does Lizabeth want to do when she sees the intruder in her yard being drenched with rain?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Lizabeth end up falling in wet cement at the construction site?
2. Comic relief is almost necessary in such a tension-charged novel. Describe the scene at the dinner table in Chapter 3.
3. During a particularly bad rainstorm, Matt convinces Lizabeth to dance like a fairy on a board positioned above a mud puddle. How does Lizabeth feel about this rain dance, and what does it symbolize to her?
4. What appears to be Matt's motivation for hiring Lizabeth to do construction work? Is she good at it?
5. Elsie's first impression of Lizabeth's house when she drives up is that Lizabeth still doesn't let reality interfere with her imagination. What is meant by this statement?
6. When Lizabeth is awakened in the middle of the night by pebbles being thrown against her window, what does she imagine it to be?
7. After a long conversation about the boundaries of their relationship, Lizabeth tells Matt that she is leaving him in charge. What is she leaving him in charge of and why?
8. What does Elsie's character add to the novel? How would it be different without her?
9. What is Matt's reaction to Lizabeth's forwardness at the construction site in Chapter 1? What does she think his reaction means?
10. What secret does Matt share with Lizabeth after their intimate moment in the bathroom they are restoring, and how does Lizabeth react to his revelation?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Matt is fairly secretive about his past and childhood until the end of the novel. What do you think is the purpose of the author placing character background so far into the story? Why wouldn't she give the reader Matt's background in the beginning?
Essay Topic 2
Matt is jealous of Lizabeth's family. It is what he has always wanted. What importance do you think this has in Matt's developing a romantic relationship with Lizabeth? Before the reader is told about Matt's past, what did the importance of Lizabeth's sons and aunt lead the reader to believe about Matt's childhood?
Essay Topic 3
Matt brings Lizabeth to his house for the first time. She is shocked and a bit overwhelmed by what she sees. How does the condition of Matt's house parallel the condition of his life? What do the objects in the house represent? What do the lack of objects one expects to see in a home represent?
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