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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 reason does Anna give for stopping herself when she starts to drink the bottle of wine after eating a sandwich and drinking a juice box inside the wrecked car?

2. What causes the windshield of the wrecked car to collapse so many hours after the crash?

3. Where does Anna finally locate her cell phone when she searches for it after pulling Ed and Olivia out of the wrecked car?

4. How long does it take Anna to return to watching her neighbors through the window after she begins to avoid the windows and the first floor altogether?

5. What characteristic of the email she receives from a member of the Russell family does Anna judge as evidence that the stated sender had not been the real sender?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is demonstrated about Little's character during his conversation with Anna directly after she meets the second Jane Russell?

2. What is the symbolism of the locket with Ethan's picture in it as portrayed in Anna's dream?

3. Before Anna is caught snooping in David's studio during his absence, what realization does she have about twenty-first century homes and the clues they offer to their inhabitants' personalities?

4. How does the author ensure that the audience realizes the difference between the first Jane Russell, with whom Anna has formed a friendship, and the second Jane Russell, who is introduced to her at the request of the detectives?

5. What does Anna say are the tricks she must use while venturing outside?

6. What is demonstrated about Anna's character through the way she feels about Ethan after he leaves her house and mutters the words, "I'm scared" (285)?

7. How does Anna figure out that even though the email with the attached picture says it is from Jane Russell, it is not?

8. What is Anna's history with the coffee shop in which she finds the second Jane Russell after following her?

9. What is the symbolism of the photo depicting a sleeping Anna?

10. What methods does Anna consider when she wants to get a hold of Ethan and does not know how to proceed and why would none of her considered methods work?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sensory details are used frequently by the author in order to underscore the theme of voyeurism within the novel. Choose three scenes in which sensory details are heavily used and discuss how the sensory details used by the author set a particular mood for each of the three scenes.

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the author's use of a confessional tone in relating the narrative of The Woman in the Window.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss how the themes of truth and lies are interwoven within the novel’s narrative.

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