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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 was the first name of the taxi driver, now deceased, who had taken Maggie back to Trepassen House after the birth of her child?

2. Hal believes by the end of Chapter 30 that the only way she will find out the identity of her father is if she travels to what location?

3. Besides the main course, what other food is served at the dinner featured in Chapter 25?

4. What type of tarot reading does Hal perform for Abel?

5. When Edward and Hal walk into the dining room from outside, which character is the only one missing?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. 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?

3. What special sadness does Ezra express to Hal about the death of his twin sister Maud?

4. 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?

5. What is the real reason why Hal takes the four-mile walk to St. Piran village in Chapter 34?

6. Discuss an instance when Ware combines foreshadowing with the use of a literary device, such as a simile.

7. What does Hal find out when she speaks with Lizzie?

8. Describe an instance when Ware uses white space to intensify the impact of a particular sentence in the text.

9. How does Hal sustain a physical injury in Chapter 38?

10. In Chapter 24, Hal announces to the Westaway family at Trepassen House that she has made what decision?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Ware’s use of the motif of sound within the novel The Death of Mrs. Westaway.

Essay Topic 2

Sensory details are used frequently by Ware in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative of The Death of Mrs. Westaway. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used serve Ware’s creation of vivid characters to populate the narrative.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of The Death of Mrs. Westaway and analyze Ware’s purpose for including each instance you discuss.

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