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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. Who does Tracy see when she goes to look for Barbara after Barbara disappears?

2. When Alice and Delphine visit Self-Reliance, what is George Barlow studying?

3. During the Black-Fly Good-by, what time is cocktail hour on the lawn?

4. How old is Annabel?

5. How many wallets did the woman steal at a golf club where Judy used to work?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Carl's job at the Preserve, and how did he get the job?

2. What is Louise's family life like?

3. By the time Louise notifes T.J. that Barbara is missing, where has Louise looked for the girl?

4. Where does Tracy decide to go when Barbara is missing and why?

5. Why is T.J. the director of Camp Emerson?

6. What does Peter II tell Judy about Barbara's disappearance?

7. Why does Carl think they should have called him and the Fire Brigade earlier after Bear disappears?

8. How does Alice follow in her mother and sister's footsteps when she accepts Peter's proposal?

9. How does the search for Bear proceed when everyone gathers the morning after he disappears?

10. What is Louise's relationship like with John Paul?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In literature, agency is the power a person has to make their own decisions and take actions that shape their life. How does Peter control Alice’s life and dictate how she behaves? What is communicated about her lack of agency?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view of The God of the Woods? How does the way that the third-person narrator follows different characters influence what readers know about events and characters? How does using different focal characters help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 3

Carl and Maryanne have a very different marriage from Peter and Alice. How would you compare these marriages, and what do they reveal about what makes a happy marriage?

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