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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 transport did Paula and her friends use to travel to town?

2. Where does Mary follow Willy to at the beginning of chapter 19?

3. What is Willy doing when John enters his cottage?

4. Who does Ducane think is the key to Radeech's death?

5. Where is everyone at the beginning of chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Judy say her and Radeechy did in the vaults?

2. What does Mary tell Ducane is making her unhappy?

3. Why is Mary okay with Ducane hitting Pierce?

4. What does Eric write in his letter to Paula?

5. What do Kate and Octavia talk about later that night?

6. How does Willy react to Barbara's advances?

7. What does Octavian think is strange about Radeechy's death?

8. What do Kate and Ducane talk about as they walk towards Willy's cottage?

9. Why is the Prime minister concerned about Radeechy's death?

10. How are the main characters connected?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the novel and helps to express character and theme:

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

Essay Topic 2

What is a premise? Why is a premise important to a story? How does Murdoch use her premise to develop meaning in the story?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the characters in the novel and discuss how he or she would cope in two of the following scenarios:

1. Radeecy's fakes his suicide.

2. The police ask all the characters to be called in for questioning.

3. Biranne is found guilty of Radeechy's murder.

4. Pierce dies in the cave.

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