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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 does the woman Jack runs into in the shops think of him?
2. What do Jack, Julie, and Tom go buy?
3. Why don't Tom's friends tease him about what he is wearing while the other siblings prepare dinner?
4. Who hit Tom in Chapter 8 and made him cry?
5. What do the siblings hear at the end of Chapter 10?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why doesn't Jack tell Julie about his conversations with Derek as soon as he returns home from the pool hall?
2. What is Jack's science fiction novel about and what question does Jack pose regarding it?
3. Discuss the siblings' eating habits for the week following their mother's death.
4. How does the book end?
5. Why do Sue and Julie dress up Tom like a girl?
6. What do the girls say about Jack and Tom's appearances when they are dressing Tom like a girl?
7. What strange experience happens to Jack when he goes to the shops to spend his birthday money?
8. What does Derek say and how does he act when he catches Julie and Jack naked together?
9. Describe the circumstances (and location) in which Derek first meets Julie's siblings.
10. Explain how Julie's punch of Jack turns into sex with him.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the primary theme of The Cement Garden? How does the author present this theme? How does the theme develop throughout the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the point of view from which the novel is written. Does this point of view make the story more or less believable? Select a different point of view and explain how this novel would have changed if written from it.
Essay Topic 3
Irony is the contrast between what is expected and what actually happens. There are three types of irony: verbal, situational, and dramatic. Identify and discuss two examples of irony in the book. Which type of irony is it? What is expected and what actually occurs with your examples?
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