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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 Barbie believe about Alicia in Part Two, Chapter Thirty?

2. According to Alicia's diary in Part Three, how does Alicia feel about Barbie Hellman?

3. According to Alicia's diary in Part Five, Chapter One, what did Theo say that prompted her to recognize him?

4. What is the name of the art therapist at the Grove?

5. What does Theo find when he inspects Alicia in Part Four, Chapter Seventeen?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What happens to Elif in Part Two, Chapter Thirty-One? What caused the incident?

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

8. How does Diomedes react in Part Four, Chapter Ten upon learning Alicia has spoken?

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

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

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

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 3

Compare and contrast Alicia and Alcestis. How are they (and their fates) the same? How are they (and their fates) different? Why does each remain silent?

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