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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 single question does the person who escorts Anna home from her altercation with the second Jane Russell ask Anna when they arrive at Anna's house?

2. What characteristic of the email she receives from a member of the Russell family does Anna judge as evidence that the stated sender had not been the real sender?

3. When the woman Anna believes to be an imposter calls Anna, what does she say she will do if Anna does not stop photographing her family's house?

4. What reason does Anna give Bina for her lack of a photograph showing her neighbor's stabbed body?

5. What two words does Anna remember Ethan muttering during his exit from her house the day Anna followed the second Jane Russell?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Anna's history with the coffee shop in which she finds the second Jane Russell after following her?

2. What major revelation about her own recent behavior does Anna have when Ed asks her what is going on in the rest of the neighborhood?

3. How does Anna figure out that even though the email with the attached picture says it is from Jane Russell, it is not?

4. What is the symbolism of the locket with Ethan's picture in it as portrayed in Anna's dream?

5. When Anna sees the Takeda boy in person for the first time in over a year, what are her observations about him?

6. Before Anna is caught snooping in David's studio during his absence, what realization does she have about twenty-first century homes and the clues they offer to their inhabitants' personalities?

7. What is Anna's reason for noting that when the Russells again open their blinds, their living room is spotless and the lamps are "like guardsmen"? (200)

8. When Anna has time to analyze Ethan's body language during his lie about the second Jane Russell being his mother, what does she conclude about his clenched jaw?

9. What methods does Anna consider when she wants to get a hold of Ethan and does not know how to proceed and why would none of her considered methods work?

10. What realization does Anna have about an untapped source of information regarding the mystery and how does her investigation of this untapped element work out?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Watch the opening scene of Rear Window and write a compare/contrast essay comparing the opening scene of the film with the opening scene of The Woman in the Window.

Essay Topic 2

How is the topic of mental illness treated within the novel and what does the author want the reader to understand more fully about mental illness as a result of reading his book?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author's use of recurring dreams and visions throughout the novel and how this motif connects to the genre of the thriller or detective story.

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