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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. When does Daniel remember buying a postcard of a little girl in a park?

2. What was the date when people were staring at a red banner on the exterior of the Palais de la Prefecture?

3. When Elisabeth goes back to the post office in Part 1, what is her number in line?

4. When was the map published that Wendy nails to the kitchen wall?

5. Who does Daniel remember being an osteopath who had a risque woman friend?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In pages 53-57, when Elisabeth and Wendy go for a walk and find a fence blocking the way, what does Wendy say that she is tired of?

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

4. In pages 1-52, what is Daniel's condition?

5. In 1995, how did Daniel describe language to Elisabeth?

6. How is Elisabeth described in pages 1-52?

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

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

9. In pages 1-52, what does Elisabeth discover when she goes to visit Daniel, and what does she do while she sits with him?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The novel takes place shortly after the vote in the United Kingdom to leave the European Union. What is Brexit? How does it influence characters and mood in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

On page 7, Daniel discovers what it is to feel again. Why is this scene in the dream important? What does it reveal about how Daniel is preparing for the next life?

Essay Topic 3

In the novel, some characters are more thoroughly described than others. Who are some characters that are merely named in passing or have a minor role in the novel? What is the importance of these flat characters to the story line? In what way do these characters make the main characters more colorful or interesting? When there is conflict, what type of role do these flat characters play?

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