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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 did Mab lend Beth before Beth went into the gynecologist's office in Chapter 53?

2. How old was Christopher turning on his birthday in Chapter 55?

3. What were Prince Philip's connections to the Nazi party?

4. Why was Christopher embarrassed about his father attending his birthday party?

5. What word from Francis's letter in Chapter 36 refers to a person with blondish, unruly hair?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Giles apprehended? What happens to him?

2. How are the Americans at BP described when they arrive?

3. Who is Mike and how did Mab meet him?

4. How does Sheila describe the circumstances of her marriage to Beth in Chapter 37?

5. How do Mab, Osla, and Beth get help cracking the code in the end of the novel?

6. What is revealed in Francis's letter to Mab in Chapter 36?

7. What are the circumstances surrounding Beth's first time being intimate with Harry?

8. How are Lucy and Francis killed?

9. What code of Dilly's does Beth begin working on in Chapter 52? Why?

10. Why does Mab go with Beth to a gynecologist in Chapter 53?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Define "framing device" and discuss how this literary term applies to The Rose Code. What are the different timelines in the narrative? Why does the author use different timelines to tell the story? How does this approach lend itself to foreshadowing and suspense in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze three examples of symbolism in The Rose Code. What does each object, character, or setting represent? Why is it important to the story? How does it relate to the novel's themes?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the character of Beth in the novel. Where is Beth living when her character is introduced? How do Beth's circumstances change in the course of the novel? What are Beth's circumstances at the end of the story?

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