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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. How does Christian react in Part Four, Chapter Two, after he learns Alicia had written about him in her diary?

2. When Theo finally has proof of Kathy's affair in Part Four, Chapter Five, what does he plan?

3. Whom does Theo witness giving drugs to Elif in Part Four, Chapter Nineteen?

4. Where is Alicia when Theo arrives to work in Part Four, Chapter Seventeen?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Theo and Alicia meet in Part Two, Chapter Thirty-Four?

2. Why do Alicia and Jean-Felix argue in Part Two, Chapter Twenty-Two? What does he give her at the end of the argument?

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

4. According to Alicia in Part Five, Chapter One, what really happened on the night of the murder?

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

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

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

8. In Part Two, Chapter Twenty-Three, how does Theo initially view the end of the play Alcestis? How does Diomedes help him understand it?

9. What happens when Alicia and Gabriel have dinner with Max in Part Three?

10. According to Alicia in Part Four, Chapter Thirteen, what happened when the man got inside her house on the night of the murder?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

To what extent does Alicia “speak” for herself in the novel? To what extent is she defined by other characters? What do others say about her? What does she say about herself? How does the reader resolve these multiple interpretations of her character?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze how Greek mythology influences the novel’s characters, plot, and structure.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the author’s choice to tell this story by using alternating perspectives. How does viewing the action through the eyes of both Theo and Alicia affect the story? How do the shifting timelines affect the story? How would the book be different if the story was told through just one of their perspectives?

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