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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. Who picks the narrator up after she wakes up?

2. What does the narrator say about John?

3. Where does Vercueil bring the narrator?

4. What does Mr. Vercueil do with the keys of the car?

5. What does the narrator ask Vercueil to fix?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the narrator planning to do with her car?

2. What does the narrator explain over tea?

3. What does the narrator wonder about her ability to love?

4. What does the narrator notice when passing by Florence's room in Part Three, p. 147-176?

5. What does Mrs. Curren do when Mr. Vercueil is not looking?

6. What seems to ease Mrs. Curren's pain?

7. What does Mr. Vercueil say of the bottle in the paper bag?

8. What is playing on the television when Mr. Vercueil brings the television into the room?

9. What does the narrator think about when sitting in the car alone?

10. What does the policeman at the roadblock tell the narrator?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the significance of the statement that the House of Parliament is the "house of shame."

Essay Topic 2

Based on the "Age of Iron", discuss whether suffering has any value for the characters.

Essay Topic 3

Define epistolary novel and discuss how "Age of Iron" is an example.

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