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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Following the after hours surprise at work, Frank finds Lisa at home doing what?

2. Mrs. Graham disapproves of Lisa's presence in Frank's home and so many men impressed with her beauty, accusing all men of what?

3. On what night at the dacha is Dolly awakened by the slight noise of a door opening?

4. What is the quickest way to the Reid dacha after getting off at the nearby village railroad station?

5. When Frank asks Lisa what she is going to say to him as she departs with the children for the dacha, she responds how after a brief pause?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What background regarding Nellie does the reader gain in Chapter 3? Where does Frank meet her? Describe her unique personality. How does she approach life? What are examples of this?

Essay Topic 2

During the course of the conversation Frank has with Dolly over her writing a letter to her mother, what does the reader learn that she thinks of Nellie? How does Dolly view Nellie's decision to get married and have children? What sort of way is that for a ten-year-old child to think? Does it seem unusual for Dolly?

Essay Topic 3

In the first chapter Penelope Fitzgerald introduces the reader to a number of important characters. Who is Nellie Reid? How does the story center on her? Who is Frank Reid? What does he do in the first chapter? How does Selwyn Crane come into the story? What role does he play? What member of the Reid household is Toma?

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