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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. In Part Two, Chapter Seven, Theo admits what about his feelings toward his wife?
2. How did Alicia's mother die?
3. What information about Alicia does Max Berenson tell Theo in Part Two, Chapter Twelve?
4. What suggestion does Jean-Felix make in Part Two, Chapter Twenty regarding Alicia?
5. What is the name of Gabriel's brother?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to Alicia's diary in Part Two, Chapter Thirteen, what happened when Max came over for dinner?
2. Who is Jean-Felix? What does he do while Alicia is on trial for murder?
3. Why does Theo's former supervisor believe taking a job at the Grove is a bad idea?
4. What paintings does Theo see when he visits the art gallery in Part Two, Chapter Twenty?
5. What happens during Theo's first meeting with Alicia in Part One, Chapter Seven?
6. What request does Theo make of Diomedes in Part Two, Chapter Two? What is the result?
7. Who is Elif and how is the reader introduced to her in Part One, Chapter Five?
8. Who is Kathy? How did she and Theo meet?
9. What doubts does Theo experience in Part Two, Chapter Eighteen? What revives his suspicions?
10. According to Elif in Part Two, Chapter Eleven, why did Alicia attack her shortly after arriving at the Grove?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the men in Alicia’s life: Gabriel, Max, Jean-Felix, and Theo. Is she loved by any of them? If so, which? What is the nature of this love? What point do you think the author is trying to make about love?
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast Theo’s relationship with his father with Alicia’s relationship with her father. How are they similar, and how are they different? How did their fathers create the adults their children became?
Essay Topic 3
At one point in the novel, Alicia experiences a sense of déjà vu and thinks that “the past and present were coexisting simultaneously” (126). Explain how the novel illustrates the fluid nature of time, for both Theo and Alicia.
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