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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 does Rose do to ignore Charlie?

2. What does Charlie promise the person he calls when he gets off the bus?

3. Who does Angeline's mother remind Charlie of?

4. What does Charlie use as a pillow in the hideaway in the woman's house?

5. Who wants to talk to Charlie as Rose takes him away?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Charlie choose to do when he wakes up in the cave, and why?

2. What wakes Charlie up on the bus?

3. What does Charlie realize when he looks at a newspaper?

4. What keeps Charlie from praying in his cell?

5. How does Orton plan to kill Yarrow?

6. What does Charlie see Orton do on the bridge?

7. How does Charlie earn the trust of Angeline's mother?

8. What kind of evidence does Rose say was used to convict Charlie?

9. What does Charlie realize when he hears Yarrow's name?

10. What does Jane say is special about her door?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Despair was a theme that was placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role did despair play in this book?

Essay Topic 2

Who is Yarrow and what was his role in this narrative?

Essay Topic 3

What evidence was used against Charlie in the trial, and how does he respond when he learns of this evidence?

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