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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 did a Senegalese driver at the garage see a customer abandon at a red light?

2. How old are Emily's parents after she finishes college?

3. How long after Alison's body was found did her family fly home?

4. Who finds Alison's body?

5. How old was Clive when his father died?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Indigo Bay, how do guests spend time before dinner?

2. What is Clive's life like in "Islands"?

3. How did Clive come to live with his grandmother when he was a boy?

4. What does Claire look like at age 7?

5. What does Alison's roommate, Nika Ivanova, remember about Alison?

6. How did Clive get the nickname, Gogo?

7. When Alison disappears before dinner one day and Claire follows her, where does Alison go?

8. Who plays volleyball in Indigo Bay?

9. What is known about the night Alison disappeared?

10. Where do Claire's parents move and how does life change for her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Artistic license is the way that an author creates, art, music, or writing based upon her interpretation of life. How does Schaitkin use artistic license to create the realistic background of Saint X?

Essay Topic 2

In Saint X, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the storyline? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What points of view are used in Saint X? How do these points of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does changing the point of view help readers connect with and understand characters?

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