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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. In Part 2 when Daniel feels like he is inside something, what girl's name does he think of when he sees a girl trying on armor?

2. How old was Elisabeth in 1993?

3. In Part 2 when Daniel imagines that he leaves a courtroom to go to the house of the girl he loves, what is the girl's husband's name?

4. When Elisabeth was 13, what poet did her mother like that Daniel also mentioned to Elisabeth?

5. What SS officer had his office and living quarters at the Palais de la Prefecture?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In 1995 how did Daniel describe the type of institution he thought Elisabeth should attend?

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

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

5. 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?

6. What does Daniel want at the end of the description of him being inside a tree?

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

8. What does Elisabeth try to do at the post office in pages 1-52, and how successful is she?

9. In pages 89-102, when Daniel could not open his eyes, where did he decide that he was?

10. When Elisabeth was 13, what did Wendy decide about Elisabeth's relationship with Daniel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author uses a narrative style of stream of consciousness throughout the novel. How is stream of consciousness used to describe Daniel’s state of mind? What information does stream of consciousness provide about Daniel? How does the technique reveal information about Daniel that readers could not know otherwise?

Essay Topic 2

Elisabeth was so upset when she could not remember her father’s face that she could not sleep. Why was it so upsetting to Elisabeth when she could not remember her father’s face? What did Daniel teach her about remembrance and forgetting? What is communicated about forgetting and its importance in life?

Essay Topic 3

Elisabeth loves Daniel, but has other love interests in her life. Through Elisabeth, Daniel, and other characters’ lives, what does the author reveal about different types of love?

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