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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 does Mariah ask Lucy at the beginning of Chapter 2?

2. What does the family call Lucy?

3. What is Lucy's job?

4. Which of the following does NOT describe Lucy?

5. What type of dress does Lucy put on?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Lucy fit in with the family?

2. What does Lucy note about the train ride to the Great Lakes?

3. Why does Lucy enjoy hurting Mariah?

4. What was the dream Lucy related to the family one day, and how did they respond?

5. How did Lucy's life become routine and depressing?

6. What does Lucy feel about spring and why was Mariah sad on the first day of spring this year?

7. What were Lucy's first impressions of the lake house and her experience there?

8. How did homesickness set in for Lucy?

9. How can Mariah's personality be described?

10. How does Lucy feel about Mariah's happiness?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a character study of Lewis. What are his physical characteristics? What are his motivations? What are his fears? What are his dreams? What else can you say about Lewis?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the role of women in America in the mid-20th century when the novel is set. What precedents did they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions did they have? What freedoms, if any, did they have that 21st century women do not have?

Essay Topic 3

Create a character study of Mariah. What are her physical characteristics? What are her motivations? What are her fears? What are her dreams? What else can you say about Mariah?

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