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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 kind of accent causes Potter to think about his childhood?

2. How does a French soldier shock Dr. Potter?

3. What part of her body has Myrtle hurt?

4. Who does Myrtle ride in the countryside with?

5. What does Pompey Jones tell Myrtle that he knows about?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Dr. Potter's opinion of Pompey Jones?

2. How does Jones help the photographer balance his photograph?

3. Why does Dr. Potter think that heterosexuality is important?

4. How does Potter suffer in this chapter?

5. Describe Dr. Potter's hallucination.

6. Why does Jones think that an angel is watching over Potter?

7. How does the man with the missing ear die?

8. Describe the group's sea journey.

9. How does Potter ruin the dinner with the captains?

10. Why did George not meet Myrtle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss how Myrtle's difficult early life affected two of the following aspects in her later life:

1. Work

2. Social life

3. Intimate relationships

4. Family

Essay Topic 2

Examine the Crimean War.

1. Who was the war between and why were the two sides fighting?

2. Why was the Crimean viewed as the first modern war?

Essay Topic 3

Compare one of the main characters to the person he or she was at the beginning of the book to the person he or she is at the end of the end of the book.

1. What did he or she hope to achieve at the beginning of the novel?

2. What events change his or her ideas about life?

3. How has his or her character changed by the end of the novel?

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