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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 Anna reveal as her line of work prior to leaving her practice?
2. Though she has not been outside to see the front of her house in a long time, how does Anna know what it looks like?
3. Where does Anna finally find her phone when she is trying to call the police to report Jane's stabbing?
4. Though David has been Anna's tenant for two months, what action has she never seen him take?
5. What event does grannylizzie tell Anna has prompted a spell of agoraphobia?
Short Essay Questions
1. What emotions does Ed display when Anna tells him that she wishes he were with her and why?
2. What crucial piece of information regarding Anna's character is revealed in her comments about the Hitchcock film The Man Who Knew Too Much?
3. What is symbolized by Ed's toolbox within the narrative?
4. What details does Anna reveal about the extent of her agoraphobia during her description of the umbrella, which her psychiatrist calls her secret weapon?
5. How would you characterize the relationship between Anna and her physical therapist Bina?
6. What traits of Anna's character are shown when Ethan shows up at her door for the second time?
7. Why does Anna let Ethan inside when he rings her doorbell, even though she has not bathed in days and she believes that her cat may bite a stranger?
8. In what scene is David's role as a possible red herring firmly established by the author?
9. What happens to alleviate Anna's concern after she hears the screams coming from the Russells' townhome and what events do NOT alleviate her concern?
10. What does Ed's comment regarding Anna's emergency line reserved for her patients reveal in regard to his feelings about her career?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the function of David's character within the narrative and what goals does his character help the author to fulfill?
Essay Topic 2
Sensory details are used frequently by the author in order to underscore the theme of voyeurism within the novel. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used by the author set a particular mood for each of the three scenes.
Essay Topic 3
Trace the characterization arc of Anna’s character throughout the novel. Discuss whether she is a round or flat character and whether she is a static or dynamic character.
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