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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 the child in the quote in the beginning of "Chapter 5" ask for?

2. What does the interviewer ask Clare about killing for food?

3. Where does the quote in "Chapter 5" originally come from?

4. What upsets Bobby about the nighttime?

5. Why does the interviewer talk to Clare?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Harry/Harriet decide it is time to change, in "Chapter 10"?

2. What happens to Christopher after murdering Paul and his family?

3. How does Bobby react to his nightmares?

4. What happens to Clare during her ship ride to Jamaica, in "Chapter 8"?

5. In "Chapter 5," what makes Clare decide to visit Jamaica?

6. What does Clare do when she arrives at the movie set, in "Chapter 11"?

7. Why does Harry/Harriet believe that Clare should stay in Jamaica?

8. When the author describes Bobby's past, what does she talk about?

9. What does Clare do when she arrives at Miss Mattie's land, in "Chapter 8"?

10. What is the author worried about, in "Chapter 7"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the symbolism of "Gone with the Wind" in this novel.

Essay Topic 2

Explore the role of the geographic movement in this novel. Consider the places Clare goes and how her physical movement relates to emotional movement.

Essay Topic 3

In what ways is violence shown as a solution, in "No Telephone to Heaven"? In what ways is violence denounced? Overall, what is the author's commentary on violence?

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