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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. For what is Frank thankful concerning his siblings?

2. Who does Frank plan to talk with the next morning?

3. What is Frank's position in the Dublin Police Department?

4. Who shows up in the pub a couple hours after Mick leaves Frank there?

5. What do the police urge Mr. Daly to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Holly say to her father about Dermot?

2. What is the outcome of the short vignette?

3. What does the Technical Bureau find in the basement at number 16?

4. What does Frank think about when asked why he became a cop?

5. What does Frank discuss with Kevin and what is Kevin's input?

6. What does Frank's family speculate about the suitcase, and how does Shay sum up the speculation?

7. What do the Daly's say when Frank asks if they ever heard from Rosie?

8. What do Frank and Scorcher talk about when they go to a local pub?

9. Why does Frank start searching the neighborhood?

10. Who joins Frank at the pub after Scorcher leaves?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the following:

1. Who is/are the protagonists of the story and why?

2. Who is/are the antagonists of the story and why?

3. Which 3 secondary characters have the greatest impact on the plot?

4. Are any of the characters dispensable and which ones? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following:

1. Trace and analyze the theme of growth in "Faithful Place". Consider the following questions as you write: What characters are most concerned with growth? Why? What are some symbols of growth? Symbols of rigidity? What characters seem rigid?

2. Trace and analyze the theme of anger in "Faithful Place". Which characters struggle with this issue? Why? Which characters seem to possess courage? Why?

3. Trace and analyze the theme of death in "Faithful Place". Consider the deaths of Rosie and Mike and the death of Holly's innocence.

Essay Topic 3

Holly is nine throughout "Faithful Place". Discuss the following:

1. What are some ways that Holly seems like an average nine year old? Give examples and why you say her activities are average activities for that age group.

2. What are some ways that Holly seems older than her age of 9? Give specific examples and discuss whether they seem consistent with the character of Holly as she is developed throughout the book.

3. Do you think most nine year old girls would have the kind of conversation with Shay that Holly does? Why or why not.

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