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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. 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?
2. In what year was Janie murdered?
3. When Cecilia wakes up in an empty bed in Chapter 15, she hears noises coming from what location?
4. Cecilia reflects upon the time how many years before the story takes place when she saw a little boy killed in a car accident?
5. Cecilia had been looking for what object when she found John-Paul's letter?
Short Essay Questions
1. What behavior of John-Paul's upon his return home encourage Cecilia not to worry about the letter?
2. What themes are introduced by the epigraph Moriarty includes at the beginning of The Husband's Secret?
3. For what object had Cecilia been searching prior to the novel's opening?
4. Provide an example from the novel that displays masterful use of an omniscient narrator.
5. Discuss a literary device Moriarty uses to portray a particular character's emotional response.
6. What is Rachel's reaction to the videotape showing Janie interviewing Connor?
7. What information about their father John-Paul do Cecilia's daughters share with her before she opens the letter?
8. How does Moriarty introduce paradoxical qualities of family bonds within the narrative?
9. Who is the only person besides Rachel who knows about her tardiness to her meeting with Janie on the day of Janie's murder?
10. What is the reason for Rachel's guilt about the day of Janie's murder?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is the topic of grief treated within The Husband's Secret and how does its treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?
Essay Topic 2
In what ways does The Husband's Secret portray the theme of family bonds and to which of the novel's messages does the theme connect?
Essay Topic 3
Trace the characterization arc of Cecilia’s character throughout the novel The Husband's Secret. Discuss whether Cecilia is a round or flat character and whether she is a static or dynamic character.
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