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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 Molly do that impresses both Sam and Monk?

2. What does Monk believe Sam used as an excuse for meetings?

3. Which of the following terms did the author use to describe how Molly thought her fiancé looked off of the sports field?

4. Which of the following descriptions best covers the approach that Monk takes with Molly?

5. Which of the following words best describes Molly's reasons for rejecting Trevor's advances on the one Saturday night described in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Molly's dad tell her about her mother and how does she react to the information?

2. How does Molly realize that her husband has arrived and what does he do that makes her furious?

3. What does Monk tell Molly that infuriates Molly?

4. What do the test results on Molly's mother indicate?

5. Describe how the author portrays the character of Molly and the character of Sam.

6. Which character confronts Molly at the beginning of this section and what does he want?

7. Describe Molly's reaction to Aspinall throughout the chapter.

8. What background information is provided about Sam in Chapter 6?

9. What does Molly do to show her distrust of journalists?

10. In what way does Molly show her newfound confrontational style?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author utilizes the weather to help demonstrate overall tones or feelings of specific chapters. Do you believe this is an effective writing strategy? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

The theme of ambiguity continues throughout the novel and is not resolved even at the end of the novel? Why do you think the author chose this theme to continue even through the end of the novel? Do you believe this was an effective writing method? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay describing how this novel could be considered a character analysis? Which character does this analyze? Do you feel it is a good example of a character analysis? Why or why not?

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