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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. In what location is Cecilia crying at the opening of Chapter 28?
2. Who wins second place in the Easter hat contest?
3. For what kind of parade do Cecilia's daughters need special hats?
4. How many days before the anniversary of Janie's murder does the Easter parade occur?
5. Watching which two characters talk and laugh together in Chapter 29 causes Rachel to mourn for her lost friendship with an adult Janie?
Short Essay Questions
1. What action does Rob offer to take with Rachel, though he has never done so before?
2. How does Cecilia find out that her mother-in-law Virginia knows of John-Paul's culpability in Janie's death?
3. What feelings does Rachel have when she watches Tess and Lucy laugh together?
4. What errand does Tess run for Cecilia that puts Tess back into contact with Connor?
5. What information does Samantha, Rachel's colleague, reveal to the reader about Connor's childhood?
6. In what way does Rachel react to Principal Trudy's faux pas in Chapter 41 and why is it significant?
7. In what way does the motif of dreams appear within the narrative?
8. What faux pas does Principal Trudy commit in Chapter 41?
9. How does the theme of delusion enter the narrative in relation to Rachel's character?
10. What other actions does Cecilia think she will be taking if she lets "life just continue on" (262) normally after John-Paul's confession?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explicate the motif of dreams as it is used within The Husband's Secret. What are the patterns inherent in Moriarty’s use of this motif and with which of the work’s major themes does the motif’s use dovetail?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
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?
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