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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 kind of car does Lizabeth's aunt drive?
2. How does Elise react when she hears that there was an intruder in the yard?
3. What gives Matt the indication that Lizabeth is cold when she is in his town house?
4. What job does Matt give to Lizabeth when he goes up on the roof?
5. To what position does Matt promote Lizabeth?
Short Essay Questions
1. In an effort to find out who the flasher is, Matt and Lizabeth devise a plan to expose him. What does their plan entail?
2. Elsie's first impression of Lizabeth's house when she drives up is that Lizabeth still doesn't let reality interfere with her imagination. What is meant by this statement?
3. Why might the author have moved Matt and Lizabeth so quickly to a kissing scene?
4. What does Lizabeth's house symbolize in the novel?
5. How does Matt attempt to keep Lizabeth's mind off of her boys being gone?
6. Do you believe novels from this genre in general express a cavalier attitude toward premarital sex? How does "Smitten" fit into this genre in this respect?
7. What happens when Lizabeth thinks she hears the flasher throwing stones against her window the morning after her first sighting of him?
8. Lizabeth is faced with two opportunities to free herself from the normal constraints of her life when she finds herself in Matt's home. Describe one of these opportunities and how it represents freedom from those constraints.
9. Matt and Lizabeth discuss the flasher and his MO after his second appearance. As they try to figure out who he is, they come up with a couple hypotheses. What do they surmise about the flasher during this discussion?
10. How does Lizabeth end up falling in wet cement at the construction site?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Since she was 5, Lizabeth's dream was to be a fairy. She held onto that dream through adulthood, even though she was well aware that fairies don't exist. What does a fairy symbolize to Lizabeth as a child? What does it symbolize as an adult? What does the fact that she has held onto this dream tell you about Lizabeth and her personality?
Essay Topic 2
Matt brings Lizabeth to his house for the first time. She is shocked and a bit overwhelmed by what she sees. How does the condition of Matt's house parallel the condition of his life? What do the objects in the house represent? What do the lack of objects one expects to see in a home represent?
Essay Topic 3
What is the overriding theme of the novel? How is this shown in the dialogue among the characters? How do the characters' interactions support this theme?
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