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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. What gift arrives by courier for Tess during her stay at her mother Lucy's house?

2. To whom does Principal Trudy give an Easter basket as a gift?

3. Whose tennis shoes does Cecilia ask someone to transport for her?

4. Tess finds herself nearly answering Cecilia's question about what country with Felicity's thoughts rather than her own?

5. To what location do Tess and Connor go when they leave the site of their first date?

Short Essay Questions

1. What faux pas does Principal Trudy commit in Chapter 41?

2. How does Lucy react to Tess's revelation that she has recently slept with Connor?

3. In what way is the sound motif used in concert with one of the narrative's themes?

4. How does the reader find out the circumstances of Lucy and Andrew's divorce?

5. What possible reasons does the narrator name for Tess's feelings of shame in Chapter 40?

6. Whose arrival does Liam announce proudly at the end of Chapter 47 and why is the moment ironic?

7. What does Connor say about the nature of his relationship with Janie?

8. What advice does Lucy give to Tess about the situation with Connor, Will, and Felicity?

9. What other actions does Cecilia think she will be taking if she lets "life just continue on" (262) normally after John-Paul's confession?

10. In what way does the motif of dreams appear within the narrative?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the function of Felicity's character within the novel? Discuss the characterization methods used by Moriarty in depicting Tess’s cousin Felicity and include in your discussion the reasons that Moriarty portrays Felicity in these particular ways.

Essay Topic 2

Perform a biographical criticism of The Husband's Secret by researching Moriarty's life and work. Be sure to create a strong and specific claim focused on this particular book and then support that claim with quotes from the book and from your research of Moriarty.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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