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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. Where does Frank put his bombs in "The Snake Park"?

2. What does Frank say his father does in Inverness?

3. What does Frank do when a bottle washes up on the beach?

4. Why did Agnes kick Old Saul?

5. What does Angus say he did when Agnes returned home?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Angus do when he measures items around the house?

2. How does Frank wish Esmeralda died?

3. How does Frank blame Agnes for his accident?

4. In "In the Bunker," what does Frank say about women and the sea?

5. Why is Frank irritated by the bottle?

6. How does Frank feel about his mother, Agnes?

7. How does Frank say Leviticus died?

8. What two suicides does Frank describe in "The Snake Park"?

9. How does Frank feel about black people?

10. How does Frank feel when he learns his half-brother, Eric, escapes?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast at least two settings in "The Wasp Factory." Explain the significance of setting to the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the technique of having Frank narrate both from childhood memory and the present.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the use of at least three literary devices in this novel. What is the effect of these? Are the devices effective? Why or why not? Give examples of each literary device in the novel.

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