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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. According to Karen on page 180, what did her car represent to Sarah?

2. Karen asserts that she is the only teenage character to receive what in Sarah's book?

3. Who refused to chauffeur the English girls around town during their visit?

4. According to Karen on page 154, what about David has decreased over time?

5. What role does Karen ask Sarah to perform on page 185?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Karen act around Martin, as revealed on page 197? How might her comments indicate her true feelings?

2. What information does Karen learn from the article, as revealed on page 165-166?

3. How does Karen surprise David during auditions for Martin's play? What is the result?

4. Who is Manuel, according to Karen on page 163?

5. What is the "Brotherhood" Karen discusses on page 150? For what is this brotherhood responsible, in Karen's opinion?

6. What career path did David follow after graduating from high school, as revealed on page 149? What failures did he experience, and what successes?

7. What personal issue has Karen discussed in therapy, as revealed on page 181? What does she reveal to the reader about this aspect of her personality?

8. What did Sarah and Karen plan after the English People returned to the UK? How did their mothers react, and what was the result?

9. According to Karen on page 201, how does David feel about Sarah's book? How does Karen herself feel about it? What information does Karen not tell Sarah?

10. Why did Karen return to her hometown? What information does she reveal about her relationship with her mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The characters in this novel all highlight the idea the past is never truly past. Choose three characters and explain how each illustrates this idea, using textual evidence to support your claims.

Essay Topic 2

The antagonist of a novel is a character who stands in opposition to the protagonist. Who is the antagonist of the novel? David? Mr. Kingsley? Martin? Or something more than a single individual? Make a case for that which you believe best fits the criteria of the novel’s antagonist.

Essay Topic 3

How does Martin’s play symbolize the novel’s plot and themes? What similarities exist between Martin’s fictional world of the “real” world of the novel?

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