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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. When Winnie is in Token's apartment, what does she see Patricia Faith arguing with someone about on television?

2. Immediately after Scarlett stabs Colette. what shift occurs in the narrative?

3. What does the description of Scarlett's apartment make clear?

4. Where is the narrator during Chapter Fifteen?

5. How does Token feel after handing over the information to Elliott Falk?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is ironic about Ghosh's Chapter Twenty press conference statement that everyone involved in the investigation has done "a stellar job" (276)?

2. In Chapter Twenty-One, what plan for her career does Colette share with Charlie?

3. When Francie talks to Token in his apartment, what does she learn about his relationship, and how is this information expanded on later, when the narrative shifts to Token's perspective?

4. During her questioning of the person she meets at the bar in Chapter Fourteen, what does Francie learn about Winnie?

5. How does Francie injure herself when she is following Token?

6. What are the implications of the papers that Francie finds in Scarlett's desk drawer?

7. In Chapter Twenty-One, what does the reader learn about Dr. H?

8. Where did Token get the papers that he gives to Falk, and how have his intentions regarding these papers shifted since he gained possession of them?

9. What does Francie read in Scarlett's journal, and what does this journal entry make clear to the reader?

10. What is Francie sure that the man in the red baseball cap lied to her about, and why is she so certain?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does the characterization of Scarlett as the novel's villain support the novel's thematic concerns with the role of women in American society? How is her childhood impacted by domestic violence? How does the predatory relationship with her therapist relate to her gender? In what sense is her sex responsible for her bearing a consequence for that relationship that Dr. H does not bear? How does the value that society places on motherhood impact her when she loses her child? What do her final scenes in the novel convey about social pressures on women? Write an essay that analyzes what messages about women's roles are conveyed by the characterization of Scarlett. Support your assertions with evidence drawn from throughout the text; be sure to cite any quoted evidence in MLA format.

Essay Topic 2

Which conventions of the domestic thriller does Molloy observe? Which does she ignore or even actively subvert? How do these choices impact the reader? What messages might Molloy be trying to convey through these choices? Write an essay in which you consider the expectations a reader has of domestic thrillers and what Molloy accomplishes through fulfilling some of these expectations but not others. Support your assertions with evidence drawn from throughout the text; be sure to cite any quoted evidence and evidence drawn from outside sources in MLA format.

Essay Topic 3

How realistic are the changes in Winnie described in the book's epilogue? What has changed in her thinking about other people? How has she changed as a mother? Do some research into the lasting impact of crime on victims, especially the kidnapping of a child. Write an essay in which you use details and language from the epilogue to demonstrate exactly how Midas's kidnapping has changed Winnie and then provide information from research as you evaluate how realistic this ending is. Be sure to cite any quoted evidence and evidence drawn from outside sources in MLA format.

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