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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 Brandy discover during breakfast in Part 3 Chapter 3?

2. What does Brandy notice about the mirror in Part 3 Chapter 2?

3. What does Brandy do when the phone rings in Part 3 Chapter 3?

4. Why must Lon stash away his liquor in Part 2 Chapter 5?

5. What does Rachael dare Jerry to do in Part 2 Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Angel St. John tell Brandy about her family in Chapter 10?

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

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

4. Where is Brandy and Rachel sent in Part 2 Chapter 6?

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

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

7. Why is Brandy sent to see Gale Sampson in Chapter 6? What does Gale conclude?

8. What do Shay and Thora K hide in Part 2 Chapter 4?

9. What happens to the mirror in Chapter 12 and 13?

10. Who is Jerry and what does the reader learn about him in Part 2 Chapter 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author of the novel, Marlys Millhiser. What other works has she received recognition for? Is her work usually similarly-themed? Does she always write in the same genre?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the motif of motherhood in the novel "The Mirror". How does motherhood change Shay? How does she cope with mothering her own mother, Rachael?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the historical context of the novel "The Mirror". What major historical events take place during the time period in which this novel is set? How do these real events affect the characters?

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