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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 does Maureen have to travel for a story shortly after her wedding?

2. Where does Helen visit Caroline English?

3. What month does Maureen go into labor?

4. What season do Harrold and Mary get married in?

5. What kind of presents does Harrold first bring to Mary when he returns from foreign trips?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changes does Maureen make in her job at the magazine because of Harrold?

2. What is one trait of Harrold's that Maureen admires?

3. Explain why Maureen moves into Harrold's apartment.

4. What does Maureen do when she goes to the general store in St. Hilaire?

5. What does Mary think of the cottage Julia shows her on the point?

6. Why does Maureen change her name to Mary when she is signing the hotel register?

7. What does Harrold hear when he is talking on the phone with Maureen while she is staying at a hotel in Los Angeles?

8. What is one positive memory of Mary's childhood in Chicago?

9. How does Everett Shed describe the town of St. Hilaire and his role in it when he is interviewed by Helen?

10. What happens when Maureen takes Caroline and goes to her mother's house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how Harrold loses control at the cottage. What enrages him? Do you think he will kill Mary "eventually"?

Essay Topic 2

Helen Scofield remembers her father saying "The reporter's job is simply to find its shape." What did he mean by this? Does Helen follow his advice when she writes Mary Amesbury's story?

Essay Topic 3

What is the relationship like between Jack and his wife? What is she suffering from? Why does he feel he can never leave her? In what way does that feeling change as the story evolves?

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