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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. How many miles lie between Trepassen House and the village of St. Piran?
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. 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?
4. Lizzie reports having seen Maggie sporting "a black eye and a split lip" (259) while on her way to what location one day?
5. Who is the first member of the Westaway family to receive a tarot reading from Hal?
Short Essay Questions
1. What feelings does Hal express to Ezra about the prospect of finding her biological father and how do they differ from her true feelings?
2. What extra twist within Hester Westaway's will is revealed in Chapter 22 outside of Mr. Treswick's office?
3. 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?
4. In what way do Hal's feelings of guilt nearly lead to her downfall in Chapter 39?
5. How does the theme of self-deception arise within the narrative in Chapter 31 when Hal speaks to Harding from Brighton?
6. In Chapter 24, Hal announces to the Westaway family at Trepassen House that she has made what decision?
7. What objects does Hal drop on the ground in Chapter 23 and what information about her is revealed to Ezra at that moment?
8. Who confronts Hal when she is making her escape from Trepassen House by way of the drawing room window and what do they say?
9. What knowledge causes Hal to feel angry toward her beloved late mother?
10. Discuss an instance when Ware combines foreshadowing with the use of a literary device, such as a simile.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Discuss Ware’s use of the motif of water within the novel The Death of Mrs. Westaway.
Essay Topic 3
Read a lengthy interview with Ware. Write an essay explaining the connection between several of Ware’s answers and a major theme presented within the text of The Death of Mrs. Westaway.
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