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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 is the culminating event of the initiation ritual, as explained in Chapter Twenty-Four?
2. According to Vanessa in Chapter Thirty, where is Richard calling from?
3. According to Vanessa in Chapter Thirty, what did she pretend to be?
4. What does Vanessa learn about Emma in Chapter Twenty-Seven?
5. Where do Vanessa and Emma meet in Chapter Thirty-Six?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Vanessa contact Emma in Chapter Thirty? How does Vanessa feel she has wronged her?
2. How does Vanessa compare Maggie and Emma in in Chapter Twenty-Four? What does she resolve to do?
3. According to Emma in Chapter Thirty-Six, what has convinced her that Vanessa is telling the truth?
4. What happens when Vanessa tries to confront Daniel in Chapter Twenty-Four? What does she learn?
5. Who is Kate? What does the reader learn about her in Chapter Forty-One?
6. What happens to Vanessa in Chapter Twenty-Seven? What is the cause of this situation?
7. What is the importance of the black Moleskine notebook, as revealed in Chapter Thirty?
8. What tragedy occurs during the Chi Omega initiation ritual, as revealed in Chapter Twenty-Four?
9. How did fraternity boys play a role in Maggie’s death, as revealed in Chapter Twenty-Seven?
10. How does Maureen respond to the situation in Chapter Thirty-Nine?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the influence Vanessa’s mother has on her character and on the novel as a whole.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay defining regret from the Vanessa’s perspective. Why does Vanessa experience a sense of regret? How do the choices she makes in the present day reflect these values?
Essay Topic 3
William Faulkner once wrote, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” Explain how the novel illustrates this idea.
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