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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 Emma find by her plate as she sits for dinner?
2. What does Emma feel in her back as she is waiting for Sutton?
3. What does Clarice say someone took from her room?
4. What does Quinlan take from the bag Emma is carrying?
5. What is written on the chest in Sutton's room?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when Mrs. Mercer wakes Emma the next morning?
2. Who does Emma meet outside and what does Sutton vaguely recall about the young man?
3. Why does Emma doubt Garrett's feelings for Sutton?
4. Why does Emma suddenly believe Dr. Mercer knows she is not Sutton?
5. How does Emma find out where Sutton lives?
6. What does Emma hope about Sutton as Emma is being dragged to the party and how does Emma try to contact Sutton?
7. What does Clarice accuse someone of and who gets blamed?
8. What does Emma realize when she is in Sutton's room and why does she feel guilty?
9. What doesn't Clarice believe Emma is guilty?
10. What video does Travis show Clarice and Emma?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Characters are an important part of what makes The Lying Game interesting. Discuss the following:
1. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Sutton. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
2. Thoroughly discuss and analyze Emma. What are her strengths? Her weaknesses? How does she contribute to the plot? Is she a sympathetic character? Is she ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
3. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the character of Ethan. What are his strengths? His weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he ever likable? Never likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas.
Essay Topic 2
1. What is foreshadow? How many incidences of foreshadow are in The Lying Game? How does foreshadow contribute to a book's suspense?
2. Discuss an example of foreshadow in The Lying Game including why you believe it is foreshadow. Include examples from the book and your own life to illustrate your answer.
3. How do you think most people react to uncertainty in their lives? Use examples from The Lying Game and your own live to support your opinion.
Essay Topic 3
Choose one of the following to discuss:
1. Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their appearance in The Lying Game. Are these universal symbols? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other symbols that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Shepard chooses the symbols he does?
2. Choose two important metaphors and trace and analyze their appearance in the novel. Are these universal metaphors? Would they be understood in any culture? Are there other metaphors that would portray the same idea? What are they? Why do you think Shepard chooses the metaphors she does?
3. Discuss Shepard's use (or lack ) of literary device (such as foreshadowing, clifthangers, deux ex machina, etc...), and how they add or detract from the story. Does Shepard use too many or too little literary techniques? State which of the five major elements of fiction the literary device is related to (style, character, plot, setting, theme).
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