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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 hair did Tara have?
2. What climbs up the outside wall of the house where Mariana lives?
3. From what play does Clarissa believe the quote is from on the postcard Mariana finds in Tara's room?
4. In Chapter 11, how long has it been since Sebastian died?
5. In Chapter 10, what color geraniums enliven the redbrick college walls?
Short Essay Questions
1. How long has it been since Sebastian died, and why is it difficult for Mariana to be at Cambridge?
2. Where did Mariana grow up?
3. What does Mariana learn about the postcard she found in Tara's room from Clarissa?
4. How is Mariana able to speak with Conrad Ellis?
5. Who is Henry Booth, and why is Mariana unsure about admitting him to her group?
6. What does Mariana see in Tara's room that seems strange?
7. How is Mariana able to get inside Tara's room?
8. What does the journal writer remember that he and his mother would do when it was slaughtering time at the farm?
9. What is the room like where Mariana stays at the college?
10. How did Sebastian die?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Clarissa tells Mariana to read “In Memoriam A.H.H.” by Tennyson. Why does Clarissa tell Marissa to read the poem? Does the poem help Mariana with her grief?
Essay Topic 2
What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What points of view are used in The Maidens? How do these points of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does changing the point of view help readers connect with and understand the characters?
Essay Topic 3
The journal writer (Sebastian) sees times in his life that led him to learn how to hate. What are some turning points in Sebastian’s life? How did those incidents affect the man he became?
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