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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. How many stab wounds are on Veronica's body?

2. How long has it been in Chapter 5 since Mariana explored the cemetery with Sebastian?

3. How old is the pathologist in Part 3, Chapter 1?

4. In Part 3, Chapter 3, what is Inspector Sangha drinking?

5. In Chapter 5, how many pages did the journal writer say were missing from a journal in wrote in after his mother left?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Fosca tell Mariana about a pinecone on a coffee table?

2. What job does Mariana recommend to Theo when he says he is not happy at Broadmoor?

3. Who is Ruth, and what role has she played in Mariana's life?

4. Where and how is Veronica's body found?

5. What type of man was the journal writer's father?

6. Why does Inspector Sangha tell Mariana to leave the next morning in Chapter 21?

7. What does Mariana find in Veronica's dressing area at the ADC Theater?

8. What does Elsie find under the door for Mariana in Chapter 19?

9. In Chapter 4, what does Mariana see when she follows Morris?

10. What does Mariana learn when she tries to do a group session with the Maidens?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Mariana is allowed to sit in on Julian’s psych evaluation of Conrad. Why does Julian believe Conrad is guilty and Mariana believe he is innocent?

Essay Topic 3

Characters have difficult relationships with their fathers. What characters have had difficult relationships with their fathers? How have these relationships influenced the type of adults characters became and how they view life and other people?

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