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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who greeted Catherine at the sheriff's office with an urgent message?
2. What did the Perkins offer to Catherine as a guest?
3. What day is the Gazette printed?
4. When Catherine hears a noise outside her house on Tuesday night, what does she determine it was after running in the house?
5. Why did Catherine have to go down to the sheriff's office the morning after Tom died?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
At points in the novel, the author uses imagery to conjure up a feeling or mood in the novel or to create suspense or suspicion. Discuss the imagery used in "Sweet and Deadly." Provide examples of places in the novel where the author employs imagery to display a mood and where the author uses the imagery to create suspense. Also, try to find other places in the novel where the author uses vivid or descriptive imagery and explain what this imagery conveys to the reader. In short, how does the imagery used by the author affect the novel?
Essay Topic 2
The theme of secrets is a very prevalent and recurring theme in the novel. Identify how this theme is used citing examples from the novel. Why is this theme an important one in the novel? How do the secrets of the townspeople add to the plot of the novel? Why do the people of Lowfield so readily tell their secrets to Catherine? How does she react to these secrets?
Essay Topic 3
This novel is largely told from the point of view of the main character, Catherine Linton. Because of this, we only learn about the other characters in the novel through her eyes. Describe why this is important to consider when thinking about what we know about the other characters in the novel. Do the treatments of the characters by the author mirror the opinions of Catherine Linton of those characters? Provide examples to support your answer. What effect would point of view changes have on the novel itself?
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