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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 what month does the narrative begin?
2. How much does the taxi driver at the Penzance train station say the fare will be to St. Piran's Church?
3. Into what location does Hal put her tarot cards and the picture Abel had given her before going downstairs to answer Harding's summons in Chapter 19?
4. What is NOT an emotion Hal feels as she looks at pictures of the Westaway family's opulent lifestyle?
5. What liquid splashes onto Hal's face when the man with the lisp destroys her property?
Short Essay Questions
1. What meaningful item does Hal keep on her mantelpiece and what does the object symbolize?
2. In what way does Ware join together the themes of free will and responsibility?
3. In what way does Hal turn her fear of meeting the Westaway family to her advantage?
4. Which elements of Hal's accommodations within Trepassen House does Hal find creepy?
5. Name one main theme introduced by the novel's epigraph in The Death of Mrs. Westaway.
6. How did the drastic change just before Hal's 18th birthday transform her life?
7. Describe Hal's appearance.
8. What drastic change in Hal's life occurred just before her 18th birthday?
9. What severe mistake does Hal nearly make when talking to Freddie, Harding's 12-year-old son, for the first time?
10. What two metaphors having to do with games and sports does Hal conjure up when thinking about her plan to deceive the Westaway family?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How do the themes of deception and secrecy function within The Death of Mrs. Westaway and what is Ware’s message regarding these themes?
Essay Topic 2
William Faulkner once famously claimed that the most important literature deals with the subject of the human heart in conflict with itself. Explain how the theme of Human versus Self is demonstrated within Ware’s novel The Death of Mrs. Westaway. Create a decisive, arguable claim and prove it with quotes from the novel.
Essay Topic 3
Explicate the theme of family bonds within The Death of Mrs. Westaway. What is Ware’s message regarding family bonds and how do you know?
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