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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. How does Karen describe therapy on page 182?

2. According to Karen on page 161, what scares David about the scandal surrounding Martin?

3. Who supported Karen when the English girls were angry with her?

4. According to Karen on page 234, what is her biggest problem with Sarah's novel?

5. According to Karen on page 163, what is the most important aspect of Manuel?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Karen surprise David during auditions for Martin's play? What is the result?

2. How does Karen's father help Karen prepare for Martin's play? What items does Karen get?

3. What does Karen do on the opening night of Martin's play? Why does she do this?

4. Who sends Karen flowers on the opening night of Martin's play? What effect does this gift have on her?

5. What happens when Sarah recognizes Karen after the book signing? What thoughts does Karen have that hint at her true character?

6. 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?

7. What did Sarah and Karen plan after the English People returned to the UK? How did their mothers react, and what was the result?

8. How does Karen act around Martin, as revealed on page 197? How might her comments indicate her true feelings?

9. What information does Karen reveal about her relationship with Martin when she was a teenager?

10. How does David feel about the accusations against Martin, as revealed on page 193?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Heartbreak is a major theme of the novel. Choose three situations in which this theme is illustrated. Explain how each situation illustrates the theme of heartbreak, and evaluate what the author is trying to say about this subject.

Essay Topic 2

How does Martin’s play symbolize the novel’s plot and themes? What similarities exist between Martin’s fictional world of the “real” world of the novel?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing how the author uses characters and behaviors to develop and strengthen the theme of trauma and its aftermath.

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