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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. In Chapter 40, where is Emily sent to a psychiatric hospital?

2. How long might it take to know if Janice will survive?

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

4. How large is the house where Janice and Jeremy live?

5. What runs behind the shack at Alnmouth?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Charlie know that the diary entry Emma reads about the smothering incident is true?

2. What does Jeremy tell Leo his thoughts were about Emma taking Charlie at the playground?

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

4. What news does Sheila have when she comes to Leo's house in Chapter 50?

5. In Chapter 62, where does Emma go and what does she find?

6. In Chapter 45, why does Emily get a restraining order?

7. In Chapter 51, why does Jill tell Emma that she has picked her up?

8. How does Emily's grandmother help her in Chapter 38?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Flashbacks are a literary device used to provide information about events that took place before the story began. How does Walsh use flashbacks in The Love of My Life? How does the author’s choice to use flashbacks affect what readers understand about characters and events?

Essay Topic 2

Emma disappears right before she is to meet Leo. How does Emma’s disappearance affect Leo and why?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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