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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 does Jessica tell the man she wants to measure?

2. What does Barbara tell Willy she has learned to play?

3. Where does Jessica tell the man she has come from?

4. What does Edward ask his mother if he can have?

5. Who does Ducane say Mary should marry?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Judy and the others start going to the vault?

2. What terrible thing does Willy say happened to him as a child?

3. What do Kate and Ducane talk about as they walk towards Willy's cottage?

4. Why does Theo puzzle Mary?

5. Why is the Prime minister concerned about Radeechy's death?

6. Why does Jessica say she is searching Ducane's room?

7. What evidence does Ducane have against Biranne?

8. Why does John Ducane want to break up with Jessica?

9. Why does Willy's use of German irritate Mary?

10. How does Willy react when Mary asks him to marry her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Away from the main character examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 2

Examine the novel's chronological setting.

1) What were the main concerns during the 1960s? How does the author express these concerns?

2) How would the author have tot change the novel if it was set in today's society?

Essay Topic 3

Choose two of the following people and outline their influence on Ducane during the story:

1. Willy.

2. Jessica.

3. Kate.

4. Biranne.

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