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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 kind of school was Saint Mary's?

2. What does Carmel accuse Paula of doing to history?

3. Why did Paula wish for the death of her children?

4. Where do Paula's sisters find her?

5. What did Paula respect about Charlo's mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Paula and her sisters respond to the news of Charlo's death?

2. How did Paula learn about sex?

3. What were the two labels given to young women when Paula was growing up?

4. How does Paula teach her daughter about sex, and why?

5. When does Paula first realize that Charlo is not a nice guy?

6. What advice does Paula give Nicola about dating?

7. What does Paula say got her negative attention as a teenager?

8. How did Paula feel when she first started dating Charlo, and why?

9. What about Charlo lingers in the house after his death?

10. How did one of Paula's sisters die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role does symbolism play in the story and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

Essay Topic 2

Despair was a theme that was placed in a number of sensitive places in this plot. What are some of these places, and what role did despair play in this book?

Essay Topic 3

How did Charlo die, and why was this a symbolic piece to this story-line?

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