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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. What refers to mental uneasiness from suspicion or fear of rivalry, unfaithfulness, as in love or aims?

2. What does Claire describe Ben as being in Christine's second journal entry from Part 3: Today?

3. Where does Claire tell Christine is the only place she's ever lived abroad in Christine's November 21st entry?

4. In Part 3: Today, Christine wonders why there is a period of time missing from the journal, but believes part of the reason is because it was with who for most of that time?

5. What does Christine do when Dr. Nash rebuffs her advances in her November 21st entry?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Christine wonder about her journal in the beginning of Part 3: Today?

2. What attempts does Christine make to reach Claire in Part 2: The Journal of Christine Lucas, November 21? What is Ben's reaction?

3. What is Ben's response when Christine confronts him about the information she learned from Dr. Nash in Part 2: The Journal of Christine Lucas, November 21?

4. With what doctor does Christine speak at the psychiatric hospital in Part 2: The Journal of Christine Lucas, November 19? What does she learn?

5. What guilt does Christine write of feeling in Part 2: The Journal of Christine Lucas, November 20? What does she decide to do about it?

6. What memory of a bathroom returns to Christine in Part 2: The Journal of Christine Lucas, November 19? What does Dr. Nash respond when Christine tells him of it?

7. How does Dr. Nash feel about Christine's progress in Part 2: The Journal of Christine Lucas, November 19? How does Christine feel?

8. What is Christine's reaction upon entering the hotel in Part 3: Today?

9. What does Christine find in her house that makes her decide to trust her husband in Part 2: The Journal of Christine Lucas, November 21?

10. What photo album does Ben show Christine in Part 3: Today? What is new about it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the setting of the novel. What clues in the narrative indicate the time and place of the action?

Essay Topic 2

Describe MRIs and the medical procedures for brain research. What is the information which Dr. Nash hopes to learn by mapping Christine's brain?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and analyze the theme of memory in the novel. What symbolism and imagery reinforces this theme?

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