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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 color are Mark's eyes and hair?

2. Marie has been at Arisaig House for nearly how many weeks by the time Chapter 7 opens?

3. When Grace wonders in Chapter 10 if her experience at Grand Central Station had been a dream, the sight of which objects convinces her otherwise?

4. What location does Grace avoid at all costs, since she associates it with Tom's death?

5. In what circa-1944 location does Chapter 7 take place?

Short Essay Questions

1. From whose perspective is Chapter 1 presented and what does the reader learn about this character in the opening passages of the chapter?

2. What does Grace decide to do with the group of photographs in Chapter 11 and what does her choice indicate about her character?

3. Discuss the symbolism of Marie's butterfly locket necklace.

4. What is the setting of Chapter 5 and whose story is presented within its pages?

5. Discuss an instance when Jenoff uses foreshadowing within a chapter's first line to affect the reader in a particular way.

6. Name three traits the narrator of Chapter 2 attributes to Eleanor.

7. What shocking information does Grace discover about the suitcase's owner at the end of Chapter 8?

8. For what reason does Grace return to Grand Central Station for a second time, though she had vowed never to go there again?

9. Discuss one theme present within the epigraph of The Lost Girls of Paris.

10. What mistake does Marie make in Chapter 7 when she sees Eleanor for the first time in six weeks and why is her act a mistake?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of The Lost Girls of Paris and analyze Jenoff’s purpose for including each instance you discuss.

Essay Topic 2

Choose a symbolic object from The Lost Girls of Paris and discuss its overall meaning and its connection to themes within the text.

Essay Topic 3

Read a lengthy interview with Jenoff. Write an essay explaining the connection between several of Jenoff’s answers and a major theme presented within the text of The Lost Girls of Paris.

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