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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. After Daniel makes clothes from leaves in his dream, what does he see on the shore?

2. Where does Elisabeth work?

3. When Daniel remembers going to Paris, how old does he remember the woman was he went with him?

4. How old is Elisabeth Demand as the book begins?

5. In Part 2, when Daniel tries to open his eyes, what does he think he is shut inside?

Short Essay Questions

1. In pages 53-57, what type of shop does Wendy buy a map from?

2. In 1993, why did Elisabeth want to talk to Daniel when he was her neighbor?

3. What incident is described that took place in September 1943?

4. In 59-61, what are the feelings across the country after the Brexit vote?

5. In pages 41-42, what does a care assistant tell Elisabeth about Daniel?

6. What conversation did Elisabeth and Wendy have when Elisabeth was 13?

7. In 1993, what did Daniel tell Elisabeth about his name?

8. How did Elisabeth's mother embarrass her in 1993?

9. In pages 1-13, after Daniel makes clothes in his dream and returns to the shore, what does he see?

10. When Elisabeth nods off when she is visiting Daniel, what does she see in her dream in pages 37-40?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How is Wendy hypocritical toward others? How does her hypocrisy cause her to treat truth as being relative? Why does that lead to moral relativism?

Essay Topic 2

At the end of the novel even though it is November, a rose is blooming. What does the rose symbolize about Daniel and about the love between Elisabeth and Daniel?

Essay Topic 3

After the Brexit vote, why was rejoicing and there was misery? How are people and the country divided? How does Brexit symbolize division?

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