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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. At the end of Part 2, Chapter 14, what island does Fred say he went to last year?

2. In Part 2, Chapter 17, what time does Mariana meet Fosca?

3. In Chapter 10, what color geraniums enliven the redbrick college walls?

4. What time does Tara's bedder remember seeing Tara the day she died?

5. In Part 2, Chapter 3, what type of trees grow along the river?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Part 2, Chapter 9, what does Mariana remember about the first time Zoe met Sebastian?

2. How long has it been since Sebastian died, and why is it difficult for Mariana to be at Cambridge?

3. Why does Zoe call Mariana in Chapter 4?

4. Who is Henry Booth, and why is Mariana unsure about admitting him to her group?

5. What does the journal writer remember that he and his mother would do when it was slaughtering time at the farm?

6. What are "bedders" (103)?

7. How is Mariana able to get inside Tara's room?

8. Where did Mariana grow up?

9. How does Mariana describe Professor Fosca as a speaker when she and Zoe attend one of his lectures?

10. What is the main room at The Eagle like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Setting is the place and time where a novel takes place. What is the setting in The Maidens? How does the setting evoke feelings or set the mood in the book?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

An anonymous journal writer is introduced in Chapter 7. How would you describe the journal writer’s mind? Who is he revealed to be? Why is he a villain in the story?

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