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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 date in Chapter 3?

2. What did Geoffrey's father do for a living?

3. In Chapter 3, how long had Walter been with his girlfriend before she broke their engagement?

4. What month was it at the beginning of Chapter 5?

5. When Walter went to work at the hotel in Chapter 3, who picked him up in Grace Harbor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Vincent know about the Neptune Cumberland before she boarded?

2. What was Alkaitis's sentence, and how did he feel when the judge pronounced his sentence?

3. What did Alkaitis think he saw in his cell at the end of Chapter 8?

4. What was VIncent's contract with Jonathan as she understood it?

5. Why did Vincent's grandmother get her a video camera after her mother died?

6. What did and did not keep Vincent living with Jonathan?

7. How did Lucas die and where was where was his funeral?

8. What problem did Olivia have when she painted her friend Renata in1958?

9. What did Alkaitis often think about, and why did he feel it was important to keep the two separate?

10. How did Walter describe the hotel the first time he saw it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Colors are sometimes associated with mood. If you could assign a color to represent the mood in The Glass Hotel, what color would it be? Why? Would you choose different colors to describe the mood in different sections?

Essay Topic 2

Genre is a means of classifying literature. What is the genre of the novel? Why is it not historical or realistic fiction?

Essay Topic 3

In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

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