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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 action does Cecilia nearly take when she thinks about Rachel's plight in Chapter 36?
2. Where had Virginia been during the time of Janie's murder?
3. Virginia gets upset when Cecilia mentions inviting Rachel to what kind of event?
4. Of what material was the rosary's crucifix that was found wrapped around Janie's hands?
5. What is the name of Connor's late mother?
Short Essay Questions
1. What action does Rob offer to take with Rachel, though he has never done so before?
2. What faux pas does Principal Trudy commit in Chapter 41?
3. What possible reasons does the narrator name for Tess's feelings of shame in Chapter 40?
4. How does the reader find out the circumstances of Lucy and Andrew's divorce?
5. Describe Janie's murder as it is portrayed in Chapter 45.
6. How does Moriarty go about using Melbourne and Syndey as foil settings within the narrative?
7. What information does Samantha, Rachel's colleague, reveal to the reader about Connor's childhood?
8. Connor reminds Tess that what event had precipitated their break-up in their youth?
9. How does the theme of delusion enter the narrative in relation to Rachel's character?
10. How does Lucy react to Tess's revelation that she has recently slept with Connor?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the instances of irony within the narrative of The Husband's Secret and analyze Moriarty’s purpose for including each instance you discuss.
Essay Topic 2
Determine Moriarty’s message within the novel The Husband's Secret regarding the idea that one person can never truly know another with any level of certainty.
Essay Topic 3
Sensory details are used frequently by Moriarty in order to create vivid pictures of each character's progression through the narrative of The Husband's Secret. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used serve Moriarty’s creation of vivid characters to populate the narrative.
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