Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of the officer who responds to Lizabeth's first call for assistance?
2. Whose driveway does the intruder go into?
3. Who is the person who awakens Lizabeth in Chapter 3?
4. Matt reveals to Lizabeth that he has an incurable disease. What disease does he say he has?
5. What does Lizabeth do after her dog licks the kitchen table?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Lizabeth's house symbolize in the novel?
2. How does Matt attempt to keep Lizabeth's mind off of her boys being gone?
3. What possible purpose does the outrageous flasher character have in the storyline? What does he provide the opportunity for?
4. Comic relief is almost necessary in such a tension-charged novel. Describe the scene at the dinner table in Chapter 3.
5. Do you believe novels from this genre in general express a cavalier attitude toward premarital sex? How does "Smitten" fit into this genre in this respect?
6. What appears to be Matt's motivation for hiring Lizabeth to do construction work? Is she good at it?
7. How does Lizabeth end up falling in wet cement at the construction site?
8. In an effort to find out who the flasher is, Matt and Lizabeth devise a plan to expose him. What does their plan entail?
9. 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?
10. What does Elsie's character add to the novel? How would it be different without her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Tension is important in working a story toward its climax. There is much tension between Lizabeth and Matt, both physical and psychological. Give an example of tension from the novel. Identify the climax of the novel and describe in detail the importance to the climax of the example you selected.
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
One way to become familiar with the characters in a novel and their importance to the story line is to compare/contrast characters who have a fairly parallel position in the novel. Along these lines, compare/contrast Paul and Matt and each person's relationship with Lizabeth. Then, compare/contrast each person's relationship with Lizabeth's sons. Who makes more of an effort at being a father to Jason and Billy?
|
This section contains 1,101 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
