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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 brand sock does Miller find when he tours that house at Cheyne Walk with Libby and Dido?

2. What did Henry's father drive?

3. Where did Henry have a place offered to him after he left Portman House School?

4. In Chapter 19, what time does Lucy board the train for Antibes?

5. In Chapter 7, how long has Libby worked for an expensive kitchen design company?

Short Essay Questions

1. What type of routine develops in 1989 ad Cheyne Walk?

2. Who does Marco think they should get to help them, and why does he know where to find him?

3. What were the circumstances on the day Henry Sr. and Martina died?

4. What does Henry's mother tell him about finances?

5. Who was Birdie Dunlop-Evers, and how did she come to Henry's house?

6. What does Miller show Libby in Chapter 31?

7. How does Henry describe Justin's arrival?

8. What happens after it is learned that Birdie and David are having an affair?

9. What does the narrator in the Prologue say about life after unidentified people arrived?

10. Why did Lucy leave Blue House?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In media res is the technique of beginning a story with a pivotal point or a situation that is the end to a series of events. Where does Jewell begin the story? How does she plunge into the story without an explanation? How does beginning the story in the middle of the action affect the plot and affect readers?

Essay Topic 2

Lucy accidentally kills Michael. How does Lucy accidentally kill Michael? What does pragmatism and self-preservation have to do with the choices she makes after she kills him?

Essay Topic 3

In The Family Upstairs, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the storyline? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

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