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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 is Dr. Cohen's first name?

2. To what does the author compare Merry's eyes?

3. Who is the bully in the orphanage?

4. Who is the doorman at the Cohens' apartment building?

5. Which singer's music always reminded Lulu of her father?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role has Lulu assumed early in her life?

2. In whose care is Lulu placed after her mother's death and how does she finally manage to visit Merry in the hospital?

3. How do family members treat Lulu and Merry because of their father?

4. What conflicting emotions does Merry have when Dr. Cohen takes her to the prison to see her father?

5. How does Lulu describe her parents in the first chapters of the book?

6. Who is Aunt Cilla and why does she refuse to take Lulu and Merry into her home?

7. What promise does Grandma Zelda force Lulu to make?

8. In what ways do Lulu and Merry learn lessons of abandonment early in their lives?

9. What obligation does Merry feel toward her father?

10. How do Joey and Celeste's passions eventually lead to murder?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

THE MURDERER'S DAUGHTERS is a classic example of a coming-of-age story. What does that classification entail? Why does this book fit into this category?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the significance of the book's title. What does the author mean by calling it simply THE MURDERER'S DAUGHTERS. What is she trying to emphasize with this emphatic style? Suggest three alternate titles for this book with supporting rationale for each.

Essay Topic 3

There are several events of foreshadowing in THE MURDERER'S DAUGHTERS. Define foreshadowing. Cite at least two situations in the story that serve as foreshadowing.

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