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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. Who does Kate suggest everyone is afraid of?

2. What is Jessica Bird's occupation?

3. What word does McGrath use to describe the magic girls?

4. What does Jessica sniff when she is in Ducane's bedroom?

5. Where does Paula go before she meets up with the others?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Judy and the others start going to the vault?

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

4. How does Jessica enter Ducane's bedroom?

5. Why does Willy's use of German irritate Mary?

6. How does Willy react when Mary asks him to marry her?

7. What is Mary thinking about as she walks along the beach?

8. Why does Pierce say he has been hiding the cat?

9. Why is Ducane worried about his affair with Jessica?

10. What does Willy think about Mary?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Identify the main themes of the story. In what way are these themes relevant to the time period? How does the author use character and setting to express these themes?

Essay Topic 2

Away from the main character examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss elements of the narrative structure; Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. How does the author use all these elements to create a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the novel's themes?

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