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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. Joan is in which state?

2. Daisy is living in what state, in chapter 8?

3. Who believes it is the plight of women to be eventually broken?

4. As he is dying, Cuyler decides to stop building what?

5. Who has died, in chapter 6, besides Barker?

Short Essay Questions

1. What interesting thing does Daisy foresee her children learning about for the first time after she is gone?

2. Describe how Alice decides to change the course of her life, in chapter seven, and what theme it continues.

3. In what positive way is the image of stone used in chapter eight?

4. What changes about the way Daisy handles her own mental state in chapter seven?

5. Describe how Daisy deals with people in chapter nine.

6. Describe the change of focus in chapter six.

7. Describe Magnus Flett's final years.

8. What person's possible reason for Daisy's depression makes the most sense to you and why?

9. Describe Daisy's attitude, in chapter eight, surrounding Victoria and Lewis' courtship and finding Magnus Flett

10. Based on everything you've read up to the end of chapter nine, do you feel that Daisy was a good wife and mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1: Using several examples from the story, as well as from your own life, choose the character in the book that you can identify with the most and explain why.

Part 2: Explain how you think the story would be different if the character you chose that you identify most with was no longer in the story. Be sure to mention at least two specific parts of the book that would be affected by that character's absence.

Essay Topic 2

There is a conflict between Daisy and her daughter, Alice. Alice feels that Daisy is inferior in some way. Using examples from the story, describe whether or not you agree with Alice and the reasons behind your choice. Also, explain why you think that adult children often feel superior to their parents.

Essay Topic 3

Choose any one of the following characters from the story and explain their role in the book. When and how were they introduced? How did they evolve as the story progressed? Also, what, if anything, do you think they symbolize and why? Be sure to use several examples from the book to support your answers.

Beans

Fraidy

Pinky

Harold

Jay

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