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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 was Lizabeth's college major?
2. What is the name of Lizabeth's aunt?
3. What does Lizabeth see in Matt's living room?
4. How many kids are in Matt's family?
5. How old is Lizabeth?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Matt attempt to keep Lizabeth's mind off of her boys being gone?
2. What do you think was the purpose of including the fact that Lizabeth wanted to be a fairy when she grew up?
3. What does the Elsie's Cadillac symbolize in the story?
4. Matt's living room is nearly overtaken by a large, shiny, black Harley. Describe the symbolism of the Harley in this novel.
5. Why is Lizabeth surprised by Paul's request to take the boys for a two-week vacation?
6. What appears to be Matt's motivation for hiring Lizabeth to do construction work? Is she good at it?
7. 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?
8. Matt is quickly becoming a close friend of the family, having already charmed Elsie and Lizabeth. What does Matt do to gain Jason and Billy's affections?
9. What is Matt's reaction to Lizabeth's forwardness at the construction site in Chapter 1? What does she think his reaction means?
10. What does Elsie's character add to the novel? How would it be different without her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
Character development can make or break a story. Underdeveloped characters can make the story insipid and boring. Overdeveloped characters can overwhelm a story and mitigate the importance of the other characters. Choose one character (other than Lizabeth or Matt) and describe his or her character development. In your opinion, is this character well-developed? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Matt's motorcycle is huge and shiny, and it terrifies Lizabeth. This item is heavy with symbolism. What does it represent and why?
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