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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. Where does Elgin want Louise to go for treatment?

2. What happens to the handcuff key?

3. What does Louise say about seeking treatment?

4. Which pairing of characters has the most sexual tension?

5. What can the reader infer about Elgin before the narrator moves?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why might the reader be suspicious of Elgin's behavior?

2. How is Gail similar to Jacqueline?

3. How does the narrator grieve in the countryside?

4. How does the narrator prove deep love for Louise?

5. Why does the narrator decide to leave Louise?

6. Describe the narrator's confrontation with Elgin.

7. Why does Louise say that she doesn't need treatment? Is she telling the truth?

8. How does Louise affect the narrator's work?

9. Describe the narrator's new life in the countryside.

10. Why isn't the narrator interested in Gail sexually?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is choice a theme in the novel? Which characters make important choices? What are the effects of these choices? How does the theme of choice affect the tone of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Do you think that the narrator is male or female? What clues point to the narrator being of either gender? Use at least two quotes from the novel to back up your points.

Essay Topic 3

Is the narrator simply using Jacqueline, or does he or she feel genuine affection for her? Why do you think this is so? Why does the narrator stay with Jacqueline? What does this tell the reader about the narrator?

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