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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 does Hope tell Lonoff he is frightened to lose?

2. What did the nurses call Amy?

3. What does Amy say Lonoff has been named when she sees the foreign postmark?

4. Where is Amy when she finds her father?

5. What theater does Amy go to in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Amy do after leaving the dentist's office where she found the "Time" article?

2. Why does Hope think she has embarrassed Amy in Chapter 4?

3. What does Amy fear Lonoff will think about her after she tells him her story in Chapter 3?

4. Zuckerman notices that Lonoff has also changed at breakfast. To what does Zuckerman attribute the change in Lonoff and Hope?

5. What does Amy do when she receives the copy of the book?

6. Why does Amy get up from the table to leave in Chapter 4?

7. How does Amy find out about her father, according to the story in Chapter 3?

8. How does Amy obtain a copy of "Het Achterhuis?"

9. Why does Amy say she wrote and kept the diary while in hiding?

10. What does Hope come down the stairs with in Chapter 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In "The Ghost Writer," Roth uses the theme of the importance and role of family. What role does family play for each main character (Amy, Lonoff, Hope, Zuckerman)? How is each characters' family portrayed? How do the characters' families influence the book's plot? Use specific references to the story in the response.

Essay Topic 2

In "The Ghost Writer," one chapter is devoted to Zuckerman's imagining of Amy as Anne Frank. Write a response explaining why Zuckerman comes up with this imagined scenario. What impact does this imagined story have on the plot? How does the story impact the characters, if at all? Use specific references to the story in the response.

Essay Topic 3

Each of "The Ghost Writer"s four chapters has a different title. Explain the relevance of each chapter's title in relation to the events of that particular chapter. What does each chapter title mean? How does the chapter title connect to the events of that chapter? Use specific references to the story in the response.

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