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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 Annie find herself in her dream-like state?

2. What does Ben do to his teacher?

3. What scared Annie the worst in the hospital?

4. What color are Blumenfeld's eyes?

5. What does Annie dream the Nazis do to her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the main reason that Annie envisions killing herself?

2. What does Annie discover about the things that are in the box?

3. What common fantasy do Dr. Blumenfeld and Annie have?

4. What memories does Annie have of her father?

5. Describe Ben's reaction when he first sees Annie after their separation.

6. How does Ben finally get to see inside one of the residential cottages?

7. Does Annie believe that Dr. Blumenfeld will be able to help her?

8. Why does Dr. Blumenfeld determine that it is significant to Annie that he locks his office door during their sessions?

9. What happens during the session where Melanie meets with Annie for the last time?

10. Why does Rachael tell Annie that she should not promise Ben that she would come to visit him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Prepare a character sketch for Melanie. Be sure to include aspects such as 1. physical appearance, 2. technique in working with Annie, 3. Melanie's role in the novel, 4. who Melanie represents to Annie.

Essay Topic 2

Goodbyes and the effect these goodbyes can have on people is a major theme of Annie's novel. Ben struggles with his abandonment by both his birth mother and his first set of foster parents. Annie, meanwhile, is devastated by her father's suicide and her parents' disappearance when she was a small child in the hospital as well as an abandonment by her therapist, Melanie. Discuss the way in which Annie builds upon her own lost relationships in order to make her parting with Ben as painless for Ben as possible. Discuss also Annie's hurt from her own badly ended relationship with her therapist. In what ways does Blumenfeld help Annie to heal from this traumatic ending?

Essay Topic 3

The first time one reads Annie's novel, much of the imagery included in Section 2 is difficult to understand. It seems on first read like just a bunch of unconnected nonsense. After one reads the book in its entirety, however, the wanderings of Annie's mind begin to make more sense. Select a section of the second section of this book and try to interpret its meaning based on information given in the end of the book. Be sure to investigate devices such as imagery, symbolism and foreshadowing.

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