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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 32, when will the Gamaches take down their Christmas tree and decorations?

2. What drugs did Ewen Cameron use on the victims of MKUltra?

3. For how many days of inpatient treatment with Ewen Cameron is a bill that Reine-Marrie finds in Enid Horton's papers?

4. In a story about Thoreau that Armand remembers telling Vincent, who came to visit Thoreau in prison?

5. Who are in a photograph that was in a locked drawer in Schneider's desk at her home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Gilbert's cabin like?

2. What does Armand tell Isabelle and Jean-Guy regarding losing a parent?

3. How is Edouard Tardif's real accomplice found?

4. What does Colette tell Armand, Isabelle, and Jean-Guy about the weekend she showed Paul Robinson's letter to Abigail?

5. What does Robinson say about meeting Ruth Zardo and using her poem, and how does Armand contradict her?

6. In Chapter 45, what reason does Armand speculate might have made Debbie Schneider kill Maria?

7. What type of graphs is Paul Robinson standing in front of in a photo at a conference?

8. Why does Jean-Guy think that Paul Robinson saved Abby?

9. How does Isabelle remember Armand helping her when she was in the hospital?

10. How was Ruth nearly treated by Cameron, and how did she avoid that fate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Vincent Gilbert worked for Ewen Cameron. What did Vincent’s attempt to destroy all records of his work with Cameron reveal about how he felt about working with Cameron? How and why does he attempt to justify his work with Cameron?

Essay Topic 2

An allusion is a figure of speech that does not directly refer to a person, place, or thing. What are some allusions in The Madness of Crowds? Why might it be difficult to decipher an allusion just by the context of a passage in the book? Why might research be required to understand allusions?

Essay Topic 3

Haniya experiences a character arc in The Madness of Crowds. How does Penny use events and characters in Haniya’s character arc? What internal growth and changes does Haniya experience?

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