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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. How old is Reggie Carpenter's girlfriend in Chapter 8?

2. For the dinner party in Chapter 2, how many people are around the table?

3. In September of 1960, for how many weeks have Anthony and Jennifer been trading letters?

4. In 1960, how long has Jennifer been married?

5. Near what road did Jennifer's accident happen?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Mrs. Cordoza tell Jennifer about her marriage?

2. What does Jennifer learn about Mrs. Cordoza in Chapter 4?

3. Why does Anthony feel relief in Chapter 7 when he is ordered to return to London?

4. In Chapter 4, what does Jennifer know about herself by November, and how does she feel?

5. What does Jennifer feel like when she regains consciousness in Chapter 1?

6. How and why does Jennifer have to familiarize herself with her house when she comes home from the hospital?

7. What does Jennifer tell Yvonne about the gaps in her memory, and how does Yvonne help fill in some of those gaps?

8. What does Laurence do when he catches Jennifer outside with Reggie?

9. Why does Jennifer think that Reggie Carpenter might be her lover?

10. What does Laurence explain about his work in Chapter 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 2

An allusion is a figure of speech that does not directly refer to a person, place, or thing. What are some allusions in the novel? Why might it be difficult to decipher an allusion just by the context of a passage in a book? Why might research be required to understand allusions?

Essay Topic 3

The setting in a book is the time and the place or places where the action takes place. Where and when does the story take place? Is the setting simply a backdrop to the story and characters or does it take on the role of a character?

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