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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. Who built Paula's house?

2. Where did Paula go for her honeymoon?

3. What did Paula NOT get to do on her wedding day?

4. What did Paula hit Charlo with?

5. How does Paula get to Lambay Island?

Short Essay Questions

1. What kind of character is Mrs. Fleming, and what does she do for the plot?

2. When did Charlo hit Paula for the first time?

3. How did Sally die?

4. What shocks Paula most of all about Mrs. Fleming's death?

5. What surprised Paula the first time Charlo met her family?

6. What is ironic about the name of the Fleming's house?

7. How did Charlo spend his wedding night?

8. What did Paula say to herself every time Charlo hit her?

9. How did Paula spend her wedding night?

10. What does Paula find funny about the death of her husband?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hypocrisy was an attribute that was highlighted in this book. Where did hypocrisy appear, and how did the inclusion of this attribute affect Jamal throughout the book?

Essay Topic 2

What did Paula do at Lambay Island, and how did what happened there change her ideas on life?

Essay Topic 3

Charlo and Mr. O'Leary are two very similar people, and yet they have some very notable and important differences. Using the text to cite some support, write a compare/contrast essay about these two characters.

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