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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 does Theo realize in Part Four, Chapter One, after he has finished reading Alicia's diary?

2. According to Alicia's diary in Part Five, Chapter One, what did she think of Theo when he first came to the Grove?

3. According to Yuri in Part Four, Chapter Nineteen, who has come to visit Alicia?

4. Following the attack on Elif, what happens to Alicia in Part Two, Chapter Thirty-Three?

5. According to Theo in Part Four, Chapter Sixteen, his revenge must be what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Theo confronts Christian in Part Four, Chapter Two?

2. How is Theo's guilt discovered in Part Five, Chapter Three?

3. What key information does Paul tell Theo in Part Four, Chapter Eight? How does Theo react?

4. What does Diomedes believe about Alicia's revelations in Part Four, Chapter Fifteen?

5. According to Theo in Part Five, Chapter Three, what will happen to the Grove? According to Julian McMahon, will happen to Theo's career?

6. What prompts Alicia to finally speak in Part Four, Chapter Nine? What does she say? How does Theo respond?

7. According to Alicia in Part Four, Chapter Fourteen, what happened after Gabriel got home on the night of the murder?

8. What happens as Theo continues to follow Kathy in Part Four, Chapters Sixteen and Twenty-One? How is Theo becoming increasingly unstable?

9. In Part Three, how does Gabriel react to Alicia's report of a man watching her? How does Alicia feel about this?

10. What painting does Alicia create in Part Two, Chapter Twenty-Eight? What does Theo realize about the work?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Theo’s contradictory characteristics. In what ways is he protective? In what ways is he predatory?

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the changes both Alicia and Theo experience over the course of the novel. How do they change, and how do they remain the same?

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