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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 Frank use to trap wasps in wax?

2. What does Angus do for a living?

3. In "The Snake Park," what does Frank take as an omen?

4. Why does Frank say he killed Esmerelda?

5. When did Agnes return to Angus' house?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Frank try to contact Eric?

5. Why does Frank say he does not "officially" exist?

6. How does Frank's father feel about Frank's drinking?

7. How does Frank feel about his father's legs and their injury?

8. What is suspicious about Angus' study?

9. What happens when Frank fights with the rabbit in "The Snake Park"?

10. What does Frank say he worried about after killing Esmeralda?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What message is delivered about family in "The Wasp Factory"?

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