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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 was the name of Emmett Henry's wife?

2. Who is the doorman at Louisia's building that is off, making Ashok work, in Chapter 13?

3. Who opens the car door at the country club to welcome Agnes in Chapter 11?

4. What designer's skirt does Mrs. De Witt remark about that Louisia is wearing in Chapter 10?

5. Where did Will attend boarding school at one point?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Louisa describe her former employer and her relationship with him?

2. How is the dinner at the Grand Pines Country Club described?

3. How is the setting of the Lavery described?

4. How is the Vintage Clothes Emporium described? What are Louisa's impressions of this setting?

5. Who is Thom and what is his relationship to Louisa like?

6. What is Louisa's new job in New York? What does she expect of this job?

7. Who is Camilla Traynor and why does she send letters to Louisa?

8. What gifts are exchanged in Chapters 14 and 15? Why?

9. What role does Steven Lipkott play in the narrative?

10. What does Sam tell Louisa about his sister in Chapter 14? What does this foreshadow?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and analyze the character of Sam Fielding in Still Me. Where does Sam live? What does he do? How did Louisa meet Sam? How does Sam's character evolve in the course of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and discuss the character of Joshua William Ryan the Third. Where does Louisa meet Josh? How does their relationship progress? How and why does it end?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of identity in Still Me. How is this theme demonstrated in the novel's title? What specific symbolism relates to this theme? How does the author illustrate this theme through character and setting?

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