No Exit

Look at one of the twists in the novel that was foreshadowed by previous events. Using examples from that foreshadowing, argue how clues can help build suspense prior to a big reveal and how this affects the suspense of No Exit.

Look at one of the twists in the novel that was not foreshadowed by previous events and that happened without warning. In light of what you know about the thriller genre, argue how this unannounced event affects the suspense of No Exit.

Does the novel suggest that strangers can never be trusted? Using examples from the text, argue why or why not.

How does the novel make use of nature in the novel? Does the snowstorm simply provide a setting, or does it do more than that? Use examples from the text to support your answer.

Much of modern technology (cars, electricity, cell phones) is only intermittently available in No Exit. How does the fact that these technologies exist yet are temporarily unavailable affect the plot?

Adams’s novel takes its title from the 1944 Jean-Paul Sartre play No Exit, whose last scene famously contains the line “Hell is other people.” Does this version of No Exit support that stance? Use evidence from the text to argue why or why not.

How does the novel’s decision to have Jay, rather than Darby, kill Ashley affect Darby’s characterization, especially in light of Ashley’s ongoing consideration that he and Darby are linked by fate?

Analyze how grief over her mother’s terminal illness and death affect Darby’s decisions as she seeks to help rescue Jay.