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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 type of earrings did Laurence buy her for her 30th birthday?

2. How long after Jennifer sees Laurence at their daughter's boarding school, does he die?

3. What is the latest that Ellie is supposed to be at her desk at the Nation?

4. After Jennifer is not allowed to go to the Congo, how many days does it take her to get home?

5. When Jennifer signs papers with a real estate agent in Chapter 21, how many days has it been since she left Laurence?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Laurence like when Jennifer sees him again after seven years?

2. What is the move like at the Nation?

3. In Chapter 12, what does Yvonne want Jennifer to do for her?

4. After John tells Ellie that he is going to Barbados, what does she realize she should do?

5. In Chapter 20, what has Ellie been thinking about John's wife?

6. Why does Moira think Marie Driscoll is not capable of doing Moira's job?

7. In Chapter 14, what does Anthony sense is missing from Jennifer when they meet?

8. Why does Ellie go to the Langley Street post office and what does she learn?

9. What does Jennifer Stirling look like when Ellie meets her?

10. How does Jennifer get information about her husband's business and what does she do with it?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Anthony is a newspaper reporter. What do characters and events reveal about Anthony? What has he experienced in his work? How does he struggle to deal with atrocities he has witnessed in his travels?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and people?

Essay Topic 3

Jennifer has amnesia after her accident. How much does Jennifer remember after her accident? How does she compensate for her lack of memories?

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