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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Connell's mother gives Connell what advice about Marianne?
(a) She tells him not to trust Marianne.
(b) She tells him to ask Marianne to the prom.
(c) She tells him to be nicer to Marianne.
(d) She tells him to stay away from Marianne.

2. What piece of literature does Connell first suggest to Marianne?
(a) War and Peace.
(b) Anna Karenina.
(c) The Communist Manifesto.
(d) The Catcher in the Rye.

3. What is the name of the teacher who flirts with Connell?
(a) Miss Cleary.
(b) Miss Neary.
(c) Miss Mason.
(d) Miss Miller.

4. What subject does Connell plan to study as a major in college?
(a) Law.
(b) Medicine.
(c) English.
(d) Biology.

5. How does Lorraine find out that Connell and Marianne are sleeping together?
(a) Marianne's mother tells her.
(b) She arrives home unexpectedly.
(c) She overhears Connell's phone conversation.
(d) Marianne tells her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Connell will remain connected to his current social group if he chooses a college in what location?

2. Which of the following people earns a perfect score of 600 on exams?

3. Which of Marianne's features causes Connell respiratory distress every time he thinks of them?

4. In what month does Connell tell Marianne that he is taking Rachel to the Debs?

5. What activity takes up the vast majority of Connell's time during his early college years?

Short Essay Questions

1. What comment of Marianne's does Connell repeat to himself and why?

2. When the reader joins Connell in the fall of his first year of college, to what changes has he had to adapt?

3. Describe the relationship between Marianne and her brother Alan.

4. What are the physical differences between Lorraine and Connell?

5. How is Connell's mother Lorraine employed?

6. What is one theme present within the epigraph of Normal People?

7. What advice does Marianne give Connell about college?

8. Who is Miss Neary?

9. To what action of Rob's does Connell object and why?

10. How does Alan react when Marianne refuses to speak to Connell on the phone?

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