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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 type of tarot reading does Hal perform for Abel?
2. Which character hugs Hal near the end of Chapter 25 before Hal snatches her tarot cards and runs upstairs to bed?
3. When Hal leaves the meeting at Mr. Treswick's office, she believes that which character at the meeting had held something back that he had wanted to say?
4. In the diary entry included at the end of Chapter 25, what object is revealed to have been used to scratch words into the attic window?
5. In the picture Hal now has in her possession, who is the only subject looking at the photographer?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Abel's reply when Hal asks him who had taken the photograph he had given to her and why does Hal believe his answer to be false?
2. When Hal gets back to her flat in Brighton in Chapter 28 and finds a diary in the box under her bed, what does she learn?
3. What does Hal decide in Chapter 33 about Mrs. Warren's reason for staying silent about the identity of Hal's mother and why does her conclusion frighten her?
4. Which element of her late mother's behavior perplexes Hal the most, as depicted in Chapter 36?
5. To which two questions is Hal determined to find the answers by returning to Trepassen House?
6. In Chapter 24, Hal announces to the Westaway family at Trepassen House that she has made what decision?
7. In Maggie's diary entry dated "11th December, 1994," (208) what action is Hester said to have taken after finding out about Maggie's pregnancy?
8. What objects does Hal drop on the ground in Chapter 23 and what information about her is revealed to Ezra at that moment?
9. Describe an instance when Ware uses white space to intensify the impact of a particular sentence in the text.
10. How does the theme of self-deception arise within the narrative in Chapter 31 when Hal speaks to Harding from Brighton?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Ware’s use of the motif of water within the novel The Death of Mrs. Westaway.
Essay Topic 2
What messages does Ware send about courage and what themes are employed in order to send these messages to the reader?
Essay Topic 3
How is the topic of fate treated within The Death of Mrs. Westaway and how does its treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?
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