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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 is Ellen's older daughter's name?

2. What does Ellen's youngest daughter show Elvis?

3. What is Elvis holding when he hits the blond boy?

4. Initially, Elvis follows the blond boy to ______________.

5. Elvis goes to Los Feliz hills with _____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Garrett?

2. Who is Elvis?

3. What happens when Ellen is late in getting her daughters from school?

4. Why is Ellen comforted by domesticity?

5. What does Lieutenant Baishe do?

6. How does Janet react to her and Elvis's intimacy afterward?

7. Why does Ellen go to Elvis for help?

8. Describe how Elvis's attractiveness grows by Chapter 10.

9. What happens to Ellen in Chapter 12?

10. Why does Elvis get a flashlight in Chapter 5?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss why Pike paints Ellen's face with lipstick as they prepare to meet Dom at his estate.

Essay Topic 2

Describe how Pike's actions reflect more of a soldier's actions and not a detective's actions in "The Monkey's Raincoat."

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss how Ellen transforms and makes progress from her role as a dependent wife to her role as an independent woman.

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