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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 Sam's profession?

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

3. Where is Tabitha's apartment located?

4. What is the approximate size of Louisa's room at the Lavery?

5. Who is Louisa's sister?

Short Essay Questions

1. What conflict emerges during Louisa's first dinner in the Gopnik home in Chapter 2?

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

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

4. Who is Lily and what is her relationshp to Louisa?

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

6. What happens at JFK airport when Louisa goes to pick up Sam in Chapter 8?

7. What is the significance of the pregnancy test in Chapter 14?

8. How is Louisa's boyfriend in England described?

9. Why does Louisa become upset about the book that Sam is reading in Chapter 11?

10. What does Louisa do to help Ashok and his wife in Chapter 13? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the themes of grief and loss in Still Me. Louisa suffers several losses on the novel. What are they? How do they affect Louisa? How do they impact her circumstances and her future?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the narrative style of Still Me. From what perspective is the story related? In what tense? How would the novel differ if it were related from a different point of view?

Essay Topic 3

Setting is a very important literary element in Still Me. Where is the bulk of the novel set? Why is this particular setting important to the plot of the story? How does this setting compare to the others that the novel illustrates?

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