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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. As she drives to Tranquillum House, Frances begins experiencing pain where?
2. While watching Napoleon in Chapter 10, Heather is overcome by a feeling of what?
3. What is Tony Hogburn's nickname?
4. What is the name of the "outback serial killer"?
5. As the novel begins, Yao is called to help a woman named whom?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who is Ray, and what does he want? How does Lars feel about this desire?
2. Why is Tony famous?
3. Whom does Frances meet as she takes a tour of Tranquillum House? What does she think about them?
4. What does the reader learn about Zach's death in Chapter 26? Why does Napoleon blame himself?
5. What is the noble silence, and how do Ben and Jessica's feelings about it differ in Chapter 7?
6. What is Ben concerned about his car as he arrives at Tranquillum House?
7. What shocking change happened to Jessica and Ben prior to their coming on the retreat? How did the change affect them?
8. How do Frances and Zoe bond outside the meditation studio?
9. Who is Masha and what happens to her in Chapter 1?
10. What do Masha and Frances have in common, as Frances discovers in Chapter 23?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Morality (or the lack thereof) plays a big role in the lives of the main characters. Discuss three characters who act according to their own internal sense of morality. Are their actions moral in the eyes of the majority? What are the consequences of their moral (or not-so-moral) behavior?
Essay Topic 2
Masha’s key to transformation revolves around the guests experiencing “a dark night of the soul.” How does she ensure that each guest experiences a “dark night,” and is this technique effective? Analyze the effectiveness of her methods using three characters from the novel.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay exploring how Yao’s relationship with Masha changes over the course of the novel.
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