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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 type of townhouses do Leo and Emma drive by in Chapter 56?

2. In Chapter 46, how long is the restraining order that Emily receives?

3. How old was Charlie when Emma gave him away?

4. When did Charlie come home from college and find his mother not herself?

5. How far along is Emily in her pregnancy when she has some bleeding in Chapter 37?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Jill's place like?

2. Why does Emily decide to adopt Charlie and allow the Rothschild's to raise him.

3. What does Janice say about the smothering in her diary?

4. How dioes Emily meet the father of her baby?

5. Why do Charlie and Jeremy come to Leo and Emma's house?

6. How does Emily's life go on after she the restraining order?

7. In Chapter 37, why does Emily go alone on the train to Edinburgh?

8. Why is Janice frightened in Chapter 43?

9. Why did Jill take Emma and lie to Leo and Emma?

10. What does Janice tell Emily the first time they speak?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of The Love of My Life and why is that incident the climax?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view of The Love of My Life? How does the way that different first-person narrators are used influence what readers know about events and characters? How does following different characters help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 3

Jill waylays Emma and will not allow her to speak to Leo. Why does Jill waylay Emma and not allow her to speak to Leo? What are her motives? How does guilt guide her actions?

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