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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 is the name of the person who has accused a former teacher in the opening chapter of the novel?
2. On page 91, Strane repeatedly asserts that who is in control of their relationship?
3. What is Vanessa’s last name?
4. According to Jenny on age 163, who once warned her about Strane?
5. How does Vanessa feel after learning the charges against Strane have been dropped on page 108?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Taylor Birch and what does she post to Facebook, as Vanessa discovers at the opening of the novel?
2. Who is Ira and what opinion does he have about Vanessa, as explained on page 50?
3. What strange gift does Strane give to Vanessa when she first goes to visit him at his house?
4. What odd request does Strane make a Vanessa on page 133? How does she respond?
5. What does Vanessa indicate about her memories involving Strane on page 7?
6. Who speaks with Vanessa during the field trip to Quebec and what does this person tell her?
7. What happens during the field trip to see Andrew Wyeth’s home? Who witnesses this interaction?
8. What novel does Strane give Vanessa and what effect does it have on Vanessa?
9. What indications are given to the reader that illustrate Vanessa’s lack of agency during her first sexual encounter?
10. What psychological phenomenon happens to Vanessa when Strane first initiates physical contact on page 45?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing how the author uses characters and behaviors to develop and strengthen the murky issue of consent.
Essay Topic 2
Vanessa experiences great change over the course of the novel. In what ways does she change and in what ways does she remain the same? By the novel’s end, is she better for these changes? What makes you say this? Explain your opinion using examples from the text.
Essay Topic 3
Appearances in My Dark Vanessa can be deceiving. How do appearances differ from reality in this novel? Discuss three characters, objects, or situations and how this idea applies to each.
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