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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. Tess confesses to Connor that she is using him in order to keep from thinking about which character?
2. What food does Lauren serve on the anniversary of Janie's death?
3. Whose tennis shoes does Cecilia ask someone to transport for her?
4. What is Principal Trudy's favorite genre of book?
5. A flashback from what year depicts a conversation between Lucy and Andrew?
Short Essay Questions
1. What information does Samantha, Rachel's colleague, reveal to the reader about Connor's childhood?
2. What errand does Tess run for Cecilia that puts Tess back into contact with Connor?
3. In what way does Rachel react to Principal Trudy's faux pas in Chapter 41 and why is it significant?
4. What feelings does Rachel have when she watches Tess and Lucy laugh together?
5. What action does Rob offer to take with Rachel, though he has never done so before?
6. What two aspects of motherhood had caught Tess by surprise upon having Liam?
7. How does Cecilia find out that her mother-in-law Virginia knows of John-Paul's culpability in Janie's death?
8. In what way is the sound motif used in concert with one of the narrative's themes?
9. What does Connor say about the nature of his relationship with Janie?
10. What faux pas does Principal Trudy commit in Chapter 41?
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
Sensory details are used frequently by Moriarty in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative of The Husband's Secret. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used serve Moriarty’s creation of vivid characters to populate the narrative.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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