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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. In Chapter 26, how old is Zoe?

2. What is the name of the matron at Cottage Hospital?

3. Where is Rufus studying when he is not at Oxford?

4. How many scenes will Gordon be in in the play he will be in in Chapter 29?

5. What bookshop does Zoe go to in Chapter 22?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Rufus's girlfriend?

2. What happens when Benjamin and Matthew fight in the gym?

3. Why does Rufus say that he and Zoe should not have sex in Chapter 26?

4. Why does Duncan use acrylics when he paints?

5. How do people receive Matthew when he checks out houses for Karel's assailant?

6. What does Zoe tell Matthew in Chapter 23?

7. Who is the American that Zoe keeps searching out?

8. What does Betsy say about dating?

9. How did Sylvie become interested in Karel?

10. What was Tomas doing the morning that Karel was attacked?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The setting in a book is the place or places where the action takes place. Where does the story take place? Is the setting simply a backdrop to the story and characters or does it take on the role of a character?

Essay Topic 2

Accumulation is a literary device that allows an author to gather scattered ideas in a literary work and gradually build on information readers need to know. From whose perspective are various chapters told? How does each section add information? How does the use of multiple viewpoints allow the author to use accumulation to advance the plot and provide important details to readers?

Essay Topic 3

Duncan wants to find his birth mother. Why does Duncan want to find his birth mother? How does his desire to search affect his adoptive family? What do they fear?

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