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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 sends Karen a bouquet of flowers on the opening night of Martin's play?
2. What is the name of the main character in Martin's play?
3. According to Karen on page 181, how did her mother treat Karen's memory when Karen was a child?
4. Who supported Karen when the English girls were angry with her?
5. On page 133, what does Karen think about the name assigned to her?
Short Essay Questions
1. How has David changed, both physically and emotionally, following his graduation from high school, as Karen explains on page 154?
2. According to Karen at the start of the second section of the novel, what is the truth regarding the friendship between Sarah and Karen?
3. What is the "Brotherhood" Karen discusses on page 150? For what is this brotherhood responsible, in Karen's opinion?
4. According to Karen on page 201, how does David feel about Sarah's book? How does Karen herself feel about it? What information does Karen not tell Sarah?
5. What information does Sarah reveal on the night of the final play rehearsal? What is the effect of this news on David? What is the effect of this news on Karen?
6. How does Karen act around Martin, as revealed on page 197? How might her comments indicate her true feelings?
7. What career path did David follow after graduating from high school, as revealed on page 149? What failures did he experience, and what successes?
8. Why did Karen return to her hometown? What information does she reveal about her relationship with her mother?
9. How does Karen's father help Karen prepare for Martin's play? What items does Karen get?
10. What information does Karen learn from the article, as revealed on page 165-166?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Sarah finds herself involved in several conflicts during the first section of the novel. Choose one instance of internal conflict and one instance of external conflict, and explain how these conflicts have an impact on the story and the other characters.
Essay Topic 2
Analyze the author’s choice to tell this story through multiple perspectives. How does viewing the action through the eyes of three different individuals affect the story? How would the book be different if the story was told through a single perspective?
Essay Topic 3
The antagonist of a novel is a character who stands in opposition to the protagonist. Who is the antagonist of the novel? David? Mr. Kingsley? Martin? Or something more than a single individual? Make a case for that which you believe best fits the criteria of the novel’s antagonist.
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