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The Child Quiz

Barton, Fiona

This Study Guide consists of approximately 96 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of The Child.

The Child by Barton, Fiona

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+Chapters Summary and Analysis

Chapters 1 - 15

Chapters 16 - 33

Chapters 34 - 50

Chapters 51 - 68

Chapters 69 - 86

Symbols and Symbolism

Themes and Motifs

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

The author records Emma's reaction to learning about the discovery of a baby's body in Woolwich. "...terror is coiling around me. Squeezing the air out of my lungs. Making it hard to breathe" (2). What animal is being personified? (from Chapters 1 - 15)

A spider.

An alligator.

A millipede.

A boa constrictor.

2.

Why does Angela cry in private over her baby's disappearance? (from Chapters 1 - 15)

No one else in the family really cares about baby Alice anymore.

She believes that grief, especially such continual grief, is a private matter that most people do not understand.

Her husband yells at her whenever she gets teary over the baby.

She feels guilty but does not want anyone to know how she feels.

3.

To what does the Crime Man refer when he says, "No one has been invited for the coffee of death" (78)? (from Chapters 16 - 33)

The conversation with the boss where he tells you that you are being let go from your job.

Going with the boss to the really bad coffee spot on the corner.

A meeting with the boss when he tells you that you are a bad writer.

Going out with the staff for drinks and calling it coffee.

4.

Why is Emma able to tell Kate her secret when she could not tell Harry or Paul the truth? (from Chapters 51 - 68)

Kate is stranger who is empathetic and non-judgmental.

Emma is drunk and not really in control of her emotions.

Emma knew that Paul and Harry loved children and would probably hate her for what she did.

Emma thinks perhaps the newspaper would give her money for telling the story.

5.

What does the phrase, "She was a bit of a cold fish and her husband had been playing away," (129) mean? (from Chapters 16 - 33)

The wife did not want to be married anymore, and the husband was planning to divorce her.

The wife was cold hearted, so the husband stayed out playing in bars with his band.

The wife was angry because the husband was always out playing sports with the guys.

Angela was cold toward her husband, so he was out having an affair.

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