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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 Shay have a vision of at May Bell's in Part 1 Chapter 18?

2. How old is Thora K in Part 1 Chapter 13?

3. What does Shay decide in the Interim?

4. What is the name of Shay's family home?

5. What does Corbin give Thora K as a gift in Part 1 Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Shay and her family feel about her impending nuptials in Part I Chapter 2?

2. What information does Dr.Seaton give in Part I Chapter 8 and 9?

3. What happens to John McCabe in Part I Chapter 14?

4. How is the news of Brandy's body's pregnancy received?

5. What does Shay wonder about women in Part I Chapter 17?

6. What does Shay realize in Part I Chapter 16?

7. What does Shay observe when she awakens in Part I Chapter 3?

8. What happens when Shay gives birth in Part I Chapter 19?

9. What happens when Hutch Maddon is thrown from his horse in Part I Chapter 13?

10. What do people think of Brandy in Part I Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the struggles faced by Brandy and Shay throughout the novel. How do they deal with these obstacles and how do they overcome them? What causes these problems for them?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss conflict in the novel "The Mirror". Who is in conflict with whom, and why? How do these conflicts alter or influence the plot and the characters?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of death in the novel "The Mirror". How does Millhiser illustrate the motif of death in the novel? Who dies in the novel? How do they die? What is the significance of each death?

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