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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, III, what was the narrator's father's trade?

2. In Part 1, Chapter 9, what type of music does Elodie like?

3. In Part 1, Chapter 7, what was the name of Elodie's last boyfriend?

4. In Part 1, Chapter 7, from bridge did Lieutenant Charles Wood leap to try to save a drowning woman in 1919?

5. In Part I, I, what river could be seen from the windows of the attic?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 1, Chapter 7, what is Columbia Road like?

2. In Part 1, Chapter 6, how did critics describe Lauren Adler's playing?

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

4. In Part 1: I, why did Edward and the narrator go to Birchwood Manor with his friends?

5. In Part 1, Chapter 3, how does Elodie remember learning about her mother?

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

7. In Part 1, III, what is learned about the narrator's history?

8. In Part 1, Chapter 1, how did Pippa and Elodie become friends?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Martin, Thurston, and Edward treat Birdie differently because of how they view her. How do Martin and Thurston treat Birdie? What objectives do they have for wanting a relationship with her? How does Edward treat Birdie? Does he have a motive for wanting to have a relationship with her? What is revealed about attitudes toward women through the motives of these three men?

Essay Topic 2

Mood is an element that authors use to evoke feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. Mood is the overall feeling that readers have when reading a story. Consider the concept of mood and color. If you could assign a color to represent the mood of the novel, what color would it be? Would you choose different colors to describe the mood in various sections of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Lucy is injured and cannot not remember what had happened after Martin arrived at Birchwood Manor. Why are Lucy’s memories unclear as to what happened the night that Martin came to the Manor? How is Lucy influenced to believe something that is not true? What was the official verdict of what happened that night? Why are appearances deceiving?

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