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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. Mary and Lucy are depicted as having watched how many teens die in a Berlin Wall-involved protest on television?

2. Cecilia reflects upon the time how many years before the story takes place when she saw a little boy killed in a car accident?

3. At what location do Rachel, Lauren, and Rob agree to meet on the anniversary of Janie's death?

4. What religion does Cecilia practice?

5. What does Cecilia do with the letter while John-Paul is out of the room attending to one of their daughters?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Cecilia comes to believe that she is having a nervous breakdown over John-Paul's news, what is her reaction to the realization and why?

2. What aspects of Felicity and Will's behavior make their revelation to Tess feel surreal to her?

3. What is the symbolism of the name of the advertising agency called TWF?

4. Around what allusion does the novel's preface center and which themes does it introduce?

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

6. What themes are introduced by the epigraph Moriarty includes at the beginning of The Husband's Secret?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze the ways in which the themes of adaptability and resignation appear within Moriarty’s novel The Husband's Secret. What message is Moriarty sending about these two themes over the course of the narrative?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the messages sent about the theme of appearance versus reality within The Husband's Secret.

Essay Topic 3

How is the topic of grief treated within The Husband's Secret and how does its treatment relate to the novel's depicted messages?

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