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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 Louisa's middle name?

2. What is Louisa's email address?

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

4. How tall does Louisa describe Sam as?

5. What does Mrs. De Witt call Mr. Gopnik that causes him to laugh after she leaves in Chapter 12 (143)?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the encounter between Josh and Sam described in Chapter 14?

2. How does Louisa help Mrs. De Witt in Chapter 12?

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

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

5. How did Agnes meet Mr. Gopnik?

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

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

8. How is the setting of the Lavery described?

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

10. What happens during Sam's visit to New York?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Analyze and discuss the character of Louisa Clark as the protagonist of Still Me. What backstory is established for Louisa's character in the novel's exposition? What has brought Louisa to America? How does Louisa's character change in the course of the narrative?

Essay Topic 3

Define irony and discuss three examples of irony in Still Me. How does the author employ verbal irony in the novel? How is situational irony explored? What dramatic irony occurs? Why does the author employ each example, and what is the effect on the reader?

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