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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 does Henrietta's grandmother address Miss Fisher in the letter that Leopold reads?

2. Where did Bill live?

3. What does Henrietta never see in daylight again after Part 1, Chapter 1?

4. What is the name of Leopold's mother?

5. Why does Miss Fisher take Henrietta upstairs in Part 1, Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Miss Fisher tell Henrietta of the other house guest during the taxi ride?

2. What does Leopold find in Miss Fisher's handbag in Part 1, Chapter 3?

3. What does Henrietta learn of Leopold's father in Part 1, Chapter 4?

4. What did Ray's letter to Karen in Part 2, Chapter 2 ask for and how did Karen respond to the letter?

5. What does Henrietta do for Leopold after he finds a deck of cards?

6. How does Leopold begin to see Henrietta after they agree that Miss Fisher is insane?

7. Who was Karen engaged to and how did she feel about this engagement?

8. How does Henrietta feel after talking to Madame Fisher in Part 1, Chapter 5?

9. What does Leopold do that causes both he and Henrietta to become nervous at the end of Part 1 Chapter 2?

10. What subjects do Henrietta and Madame Fisher talk about in Part 1 Chapter 4?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the conflict in "The House in Paris." Who is in conflict with whom? What events or situations causes these conflicts? Are the major conflicts resolved? If so, how?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze and interpret the principal characters of the novel (Henrietta, Leopold, Naomi, Karen). What are their defining character traits? What are their roles in the story?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the metaphors in the novel "The House in Paris." What are some examples of metaphors in the novel? What are the meanings behind these metaphors?

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