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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 color does Eve describe the walls of Rene's study as in Chapter 31?

2. To what village do Finn and Charlie travel to seek information about Rose in Chapter 23?

3. Who will Charlie play in Grasse according to Eve's plan in Chapter 37?

4. What does Finn do when the bar proprietor runs off the Gypsy woman in Chapter 27?

5. Where did Finn lose his Gypsy girl?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Violette help Eve when she becomes pregnant?

2. Why did Finn serve time in prison?

3. What do Eve, Charlie, and Finn learn about Rene in Limoges in Chapter 21?

4. How are the characters of Finn and Charlie damaged?

5. How is the setting of Limoges described in Chapter 21?

6. Who was Edith Cavell and what is her significance in The Alice Network?

7. Why is Eve conflicted about seducing Captain Cameron in Chapter 26?

8. What similarities are seen in the relationships between Eve and Cameron and between Charlie and Finn?

9. Who are Charlie and Finn going to meet in Chapter 45? Why?

10. Why do Eve, Charlie, and Finn go to Grasse?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Family plays a minor role in the plot and characters of The Alice Network. Why do you think that blood-family is shown less than the bonds of friendship and love? What does family mean to Eve? What does it mean to Charlie?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the characters of Finn Killgore and Captain Cameron in The Alice Network. What are the motivations of each of these characters? What obstacles do they face in the novel? Do they overcome those obstacles?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the genre of historical fiction and the inclusion of real historical figures in The Alice Network. What is the Alice Network historically and how did the author take this information and transform it into a novel? What drew the author to this story?

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