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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. At breakfast in Chapter 26, what color shirt is James wearing?

2. Where does Angela Regan tell Kate that Sophie has gone in Chapter 16?

3. In Chatper 23, what island does Sophie notice when she and her children walk along the shore?

4. In Chapter 27, whose testimony does the jury ask to have a copy of?

5. How many acres is the home of James' parents in Surrey?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Kitty Ledger, and what is her relationship to Olivia?

2. Why is Sophie not sure she believes James when she listens to his testimony in Chapter 25?

3. What does Holly do after James rapes her?

4. When Kate questions James, what is her strategy?

5. How many times did Olivia have sex with James at the House of Commons before the time in the elevator?

6. How is Kate coping with losing James' case?

7. How is Sophie feeling after James is acquitted?

8. On May 1, when is the jury sent out to deliberate?

9. How does Kate describe Angela Regan in Chapter 18?

10. In Chapter 23, what are Sophie's children doing?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the author use multiple viewpoints? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters?

Essay Topic 2

Cliffhangers are a literary device that leaves readers wondering what will happen next. How does the author use cliffhangers in the novel? How do cliffhangers create suspense?

Essay Topic 3

Holly is a different person at Oxford before the rape. How did Holly have to hide who she was in high school? Why is Holly a different person at Oxford? What freedom does she find at Oxford? How does she find her identity at Oxford?

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