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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 does Antoinette recognize about her mother when she first goes to visit her after moving from Coulibri Estate?

2. Who rescues Antoinette from being harassed and taunted by a mean boy and girl near the end of Part One?

3. Why do Tia and Antoinette cease to be friends?

4. What does Antoinette remember her mother wearing as Part One ends?

5. What significant event occurs just before the story begins?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the incident Antoinette reveals to her husband about what happened to her when she was a young girl at Grandbois.

2. How does Antoinette get a knife in Part Three?

3. What is Antoinette's husband's response about her thoughts on death?

4. How does Antoinette feel when she first visits the convent school?

5. Describe the person Grace is hired to care for.

6. What details does Antoinette give about her mother after the fire at Coulibri?

7. What is the dream Antoinette mentions having just after her fight with Tia?

8. Describe the room that Antoinette visits one night when she has taken the keys from Grace.

9. What evidence is given that Part Two is narrated by someone other than Antoinette?

10. Does Grace Poole seem to take good care of Antoinette?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is St. Pierre described? What image does this give you of the town? Describe at least one event that Antoinette relates concerning St. Pierre. What island do you think St. Pierre might be located on? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Richard Mason visits Antoinette after she has been confined to her rooms in England. What happens during his visit? Why does he say he cannot help her? Do you believe he could have intervened? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Sandi is introduced early in the story, and reappears in one of Antoinette's narratives in Part Three. What do you think the relationship is between Sandi and Antoinette? When do you think it occurs? There is mention of Antoinette leaving on a boat. Which departure do you think is about to occur - her passage to her honeymoon or her move to England? Support your answer with passages from the book.

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