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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. Chapter 36 ends how many days before the coming parade?
2. Who does NOT accompany Rachel to the park on the anniversary of Janie's death?
3. What object does Jacob demand from his mother Lauren at the park in Chapter 46?
4. Cecilia turns white in Chapter 26 when she thinks about which character's grief?
5. How many days before the anniversary of Janie's murder does the Easter parade occur?
Short Essay Questions
1. What emotion keeps Tess from feeling pain when she thinks in Chapter 37 about her early days with Will?
2. What information does Samantha, Rachel's colleague, reveal to the reader about Connor's childhood?
3. Whose arrival does Liam announce proudly at the end of Chapter 47 and why is the moment ironic?
4. Describe Janie's murder as it is portrayed in Chapter 45.
5. What possible reasons does the narrator name for Tess's feelings of shame in Chapter 40?
6. In what way does the motif of dreams appear within the narrative?
7. What other actions does Cecilia think she will be taking if she lets "life just continue on" (262) normally after John-Paul's confession?
8. How does the theme of delusion enter the narrative in relation to Rachel's character?
9. How does the reader find out the circumstances of Lucy and Andrew's divorce?
10. What two aspects of motherhood had caught Tess by surprise upon having Liam?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of The Husband's Secret and analyze Moriarty’s purpose for including each instance you discuss.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss Moriarty's choice to tell the story of The Husband's Secret using a third person omniscient narrator. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are Moriarty’s intended effects on the reader?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the messages sent about the theme of appearance versus reality within The Husband's Secret.
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