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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 Jerry plan to do in Part 3 Chapter 4?

2. What clothing is Brandy uncomfortable in in Part 3 Chapter 3?

3. Who looks after Brandy while she has a fever in Part 3 Chapter 8?

4. What does Rachael rescue from the junk heap in Part 2 Chapter 7?

5. Why does Shay go to California in Part 2 Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Brandy discover when she briefly re-inhabits her body in Chapter 7?

2. How long has Shay been in Brandy's body by Part 2 Chapter 2 and how does she feel about it?

3. How does Rachel become reacquainted with Jerry in Part 2?

4. What does Shay ask Rachael about in Part 2 Chapter 1?

5. What does Brandy discover over breakfast in Part 3 Chapter 3?

6. What do we learn of Brandy's plan before she is transported in Part 3 Chapter 1?

7. What does Rachael dare Jerry to do in Part 2 Chapter 3? What happens as a result?

8. What happens in Part 2 Chapter 5 at the National Center for Atmospheric Research?

9. Who is Angel St. John?

10. What happens after Shay is sent to live at a sanatorium in Part 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of time travel in the novel "The Mirror". Does Millhiser explain the time travel in a convincing manner? How does the time travel impact Brandy's life? How does it impact Shay's life?

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

Analyze the marriages between Shay and Corbin, Shay and Hutch and Rachael and Jerry. Do they love and respect each other? Are these marriages happy ones? What are some obstacles that they face as couples?

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