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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 Part 1, Chapter 3, how old was Elodie when she researched her mother's career?

2. In Part 2, VI, how old was Pale Joe when Birdie met him?

3. In Part 2, Chapter 14, how old was Kitty when Leonard met her?

4. In Part 2, Chapter 11, how long had Ada been at Miss Radcliffe's School for Young Ladies?

5. At the end of Part 1, Chapter 6, what year was the tape recorded of one of her mother's concerts that Elodie plays when she cannot sleep?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 1, Chapter 8, what does Elodie learn about the woman in the photograph from the box she found at work?

2. In Part 1, Chapter 2, who was Elodie's mother, and how did she die?

3. In Part 1, Chapter 4, what do Pippa and Elodie decide about Elodie's wedding gown?

4. What happened in Part 1: I, that made Edward and everyone but the narrator leave Birchwood Manor?

5. In Part 1, Chapter 7, what is learned about Elodie's great-uncle?

6. In Part 1, IV, how did Lily Millington die?

7. In Part 2, Chapter 17, when and why did Lucy Radcliffe's school close?

8. In Part 1, Chapter 5, what is Elodie's flat like?

9. In Part 2, Chapter 14, what did Leonard do in 1924?

10. In Part 1, Chapter 1, what photographs does Elodie find in a box of old things?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Lucy had once been lectured about proper roles for young ladies. How does Lucy not fit the stereotype for women in the Victorian age? What is revealed about women’s roles in the Victorian age, through Lucy’s nonconformance with the typical role that women played at that time?

Essay Topic 2

Characters experience abandonment in the novel. Birdie was abandoned when her mother and then her father died. How does feeling abandoned affect Birdie and Elodie? In what way was Edward also abandoned? What abandonment did Ada experience? How do these experiences of abandonment affect characters? How does it draw some characters together? How does being abandoned affect characters and the relationships they have in life?

Essay Topic 3

Lucy would like to dislike Lily, but she finds herself enjoying Lily’s company. Why does Lucy have reasons to dislike Lily? Why is it difficult for her to dislike the woman? How does Lily treat Lucy? How does Lucy try to help Lily when Martin arrives? What do those instances reveal about their relationship? How would you describe the relationship between Lucy and Lily?

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