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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. On what floor of the townhome is Olivia's bedroom?

2. To whom is Anna speaking the first time the author inserts dialogue into the narrative?

3. How often does Anna's physical therapist Bina visit Anna's home to provide her with therapy sessions?

4. What two injuries does Anna say she had still displayed when leaving the hospital?

5. What does Olivia do when Ed and Anna break the news of their impending divorce?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is ironic about the fact that only a year before, Anna and Ed had planned to sell their townhome?

2. How would you characterize the relationship between Anna and her physical therapist Bina?

3. What crucial piece of information regarding Anna's character is revealed in her comments about the Hitchcock film The Man Who Knew Too Much?

4. What is the relationship between Anna and Olivia and how would you characterize it?

5. What is the significance of Anna's decision to watch the Today Show through the lens of her camera as her new neighbor watches on his own television?

6. What does Anna name as some of the issues that are difficult for her during her conversation with Bina over lunch?

7. In what scene is David's role as a possible red herring firmly established by the author?

8. What effect does the symbolism of Olivia's empty room have on the reader?

9. What is symbolized by Ed's toolbox within the narrative?

10. What advice does Ed give to Anna when he speaks to her the morning after she drinks three or four bottles of wine?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Analyze the author's use of a confessional tone in relating the narrative of The Woman in the Window.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how the themes of truth and lies are interwoven within the novel’s narrative.

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