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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Cecilia's surname?
(a) Fitzpatrick.
(b) Burns.
(c) Miller.
(d) Sayles.

2. The novel's epigraph is a quote by which author?
(a) George Orwell.
(b) Walt Whitman.
(c) Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
(d) Alexander Pope.

3. Mary and Lucy are depicted as having watched how many teens die in a Berlin Wall-involved protest on television?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 9.

4. What quality of Cecilia's does John-Paul say had initially attracted him?
(a) Her compassion.
(b) Her intelligence.
(c) Her smile.
(d) Her goodness.

5. On what date of the month was Janie murdered?
(a) 6.
(b) 24.
(c) 30.
(d) 12.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Cecilia's daughter Esther?

2. Which of John-Paul's daughters calls out to him when he and Cecilia are discussing the letter?

3. The letter Cecilia finds instructs her to only open the letter in the event of whose death?

4. When Cecilia finally opens the mysterious letter, it announces that John-Paul committed what crime?

5. What type of clothing does Tess wear when she leaves the house in the wee hours of the night in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

1. With what aspect of Tess's own personality does contact with Connor get her in touch?

2. Discuss a literary device Moriarty uses to portray a particular character's emotional response.

3. With what event in Felicity's life do her feelings for Will occur concurrently?

4. What behavior of John-Paul's upon his return home encourage Cecilia not to worry about the letter?

5. Who is the only person besides Rachel who knows about her tardiness to her meeting with Janie on the day of Janie's murder?

6. To what conclusions does Lucy come regarding the development of a relationship between Will and Felicity?

7. What information about their father John-Paul do Cecilia's daughters share with her before she opens the letter?

8. What is the reason for Rachel's guilt about the day of Janie's murder?

9. For what object had Cecilia been searching prior to the novel's opening?

10. What does the glass candle symbolize within the narrative?

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