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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. How many teenage children do Harding and his wife Mitzi have together?
2. A trip to Trepassen House will require Hal to purchase a train ticket to what location?
3. What is NOT an emotion Hal feels as she looks at pictures of the Westaway family's opulent lifestyle?
4. Into what location does Hal put her tarot cards and the picture Abel had given her before going downstairs to answer Harding's summons in Chapter 19?
5. Maggie's diary entry included in Chapter 18 describes the father of her baby's eyes in what way?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did the drastic change just before Hal's 18th birthday transform her life?
2. Describe the three Westaway brothers' three different reactions to the news that Hal is Maud's daughter.
3. Describe Hal's appearance.
4. Discuss an instance when Ware uses a simile to indicate a violent emotional reaction.
5. In what way does Hal turn her fear of meeting the Westaway family to her advantage?
6. How does the reader come to find out that Maud and the writer of the diary had been cousins?
7. Discuss an instance when Ware uses personification to suggest the qualities of Trepassen House.
8. What severe mistake does Hal nearly make when talking to Freddie, Harding's 12-year-old son, for the first time?
9. How does the theme of trust enter the narrative within the diary entry featured at the end of Chapter 10?
10. Describe Hal's job.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose an object from The Death of Mrs. Westaway, such as the magpies, Maggie’s diary, or some other symbolic object and discuss its overall meaning and its connection to themes within the text.
Essay Topic 2
Write a critical essay about The Death of Mrs. Westaway while using the critical power theory lens of feminist theory. Use textual evidence to back up your strong, specific claim regarding the novel's treatment of gender roles, the objectification of women, female empowerment, misogyny's role within society, or any other issues related to feminist theory that can be found in the novel.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Ware's choice to tell the story of The Death of Mrs. Westaway using a third person omniscient narrator. What elements of the novel's themes lend themselves to this choice and what are Ware’s intended effects on the reader?
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