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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. On what holiday does the anniversary of Janie's death take place?
2. Janie's final thought consists of which two words?
3. Cecilia turns white in Chapter 26 when she thinks about which character's grief?
4. What is Principal Trudy's favorite genre of book?
5. Chapter 36 ends how many days before the coming parade?
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. What feelings does Rachel have when she watches Tess and Lucy laugh together?
4. Whose arrival does Liam announce proudly at the end of Chapter 47 and why is the moment ironic?
5. In what way does the motif of dreams appear within the narrative?
6. What two aspects of motherhood had caught Tess by surprise upon having Liam?
7. What possible reasons does the narrator name for Tess's feelings of shame in Chapter 40?
8. How does Lucy react to Tess's revelation that she has recently slept with Connor?
9. What major event in Rachel's life occurs the day after the Easter parade?
10. Connor reminds Tess that what event had precipitated their break-up in their youth?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
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 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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