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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Paul Rose knock Theo unconscious in Part Two, Chapter Fifteen?
(a) He thought he was a lawyer.
(b) He thought he was a burglar.
(c) He thought he was a journalist.
(d) He thought he was debt collector.

2. According to Alicia in Part Two, Chapter One, England in a heatwave feels like what country?
(a) Tunisia.
(b) Greece.
(c) Egypt.
(d) Thailand.

3. According to Alicia's diary in Part Two, Chapter Thirteen, Alicia was unsettled by Gabriel having what?
(a) A mistress.
(b) A gun.
(c) A second cell phone.
(d) A secret admirer.

4. What is the subject of the painting Alicia made while on trial for murder?
(a) A Greek heroine.
(b) Herself.
(c) Gabriel.
(d) Her mother.

5. Who is the head psychiatric nurse at the Grove?
(a) Yuri.
(b) Elif.
(c) Christian.
(d) Indira.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Alicia go to do her painting?

2. How does Alicia describe Gabriel's face in Part Two, Chapter One?

3. What suggestion does Jean-Felix make in Part Two, Chapter Twenty regarding Alicia?

4. According to Chistian in Part Two, Chapter Three, what is "hanging" over the Grove?

5. Where did Theo work prior to coming to the Grove?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to the Prologue, how does Alicia feel about her husband?

2. Who is Elif and how is the reader introduced to her in Part One, Chapter Five?

3. What doubts does Theo experience in Part Two, Chapter Eighteen? What revives his suspicions?

4. What happens when Theo meets Paul and Lydia Rose in Part Two, Chapters Sixteen and Seventeen?

5. Describe Alcestis, both the myth and the painting, as described by the narrator in Part One, Chapter Two?

6. What paintings does Theo see when he visits the art gallery in Part Two, Chapter Twenty?

7. What information does Theo learn from Jean-Felix when he visits the gallery in Part Two, Chapters Nineteen and Twenty?

8. What does the reader learn about Alicia's mother in Part Two, Chapter One?

9. Why does Diomedes warn Theo in Part Two, Chapter Fourteen? What does Theo do as a result?

10. What are the various opinions on Alicia's attack in Part Two, Chapter Five?

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