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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. While Rachel is being driven home from the Tupperware party, she is told that the driver is reminded of Janie when she looks at which character?
(a) Tess.
(b) Isabel.
(c) Polly.
(d) Esther.

2. Connor invites Tess to share what with him on the night they meet for the first time in years?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Tea.
(d) Rum.

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

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

5. In what location does Cecilia find a mysterious letter at the start of the novel?
(a) Her laundry room.
(b) Her attic.
(c) Her closet.
(d) Her basement.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which member of Connor's family has died by the time he sees Tess again after so many years?

2. In Chapter 9, Polly is on her way to which type of class?

3. What emotion does Tess's uncle admit to feeling about his daughter Felicity?

4. When Cecilia wakes up in an empty bed in Chapter 15, she hears noises coming from what location?

5. Tess decides to leave Lucy's house in the middle of the night after thinking about a divorce's effects on which character?

Short Essay Questions

1. Provide an example from the novel that displays masterful use of an omniscient narrator.

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

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

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

5. Of what cause did Ed officially die and how does his official cause of death differ from Rachel's ideas?

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

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

8. What major news is revealed to Rachel in Chapter 3 and how does the news contrast with her expectations?

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

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

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