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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. Where is the wheel of the year turning towards?

2. What did Ian Forest want?

3. Who runs the home for runaways?

4. How did Gwen enter into the house?

5. How many hours did it take the Sister to coax an address out of the runaway girl?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Marcy find out that she was attracted to women?

2. What effect did Gwen's clothes have on her appearance?

3. How were the last twenty years kind to Sherry? How could they also have been cruel?

4. What is the "usual thing" that Meredith and her mother would argue about?

5. What had lead to, and what was the final straw?

6. How did Gwen know which room Lauren was in?

7. What kinds of things did Sister Tamar take very personally?

8. What did Gwen come to Marcy Bartlett for?

9. Why doesn't Gwen seem to be surprised that Mr. Cross has a membership to the same tennis club as her ex?

10. In what ways did Sherry Fenton learn to play "the game"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hypothesize why Sylvia Black disappeared in the last few chapters. Speculate on what happened to Ms. Black. Why do you think the reader isn't gratified with the knowledge of her recovery and return home? Speculate on the intent of the author on this matter, and Ms. Black's role in the novel.

Essay Topic 2

What obstacles does Gwen face in solving her cases? What situations threaten to overwhelm her and why? How does she master these overwhelming odds?

Essay Topic 3

What issues caused Gwen to be in a professional limbo? In what ways does this limbo seem like Gwen took the fall for someone?` Do you think she has paid her penance? Why or why not?

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