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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, what was a film production unit filming?
2. Where did the poet Daniel mentions in Part 1 spend his last days?
3. In Part 2, when Daniel tries to open his eyes, what does he think he is shut inside?
4. When Elisabeth goes back to the post office in Part 1, what is her number in line?
5. 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?
Short Essay Questions
1. In pages 41-42, what does a care assistant tell Elisabeth about Daniel?
2. In pages 89-102, when Daniel could not open his eyes, where did he decide that he was?
3. In 1995 how did Daniel describe the type of institution he thought Elisabeth should attend?
4. In pages 53-57, what type of shop does Wendy buy a map from?
5. When Elisabeth nods off when she is visiting Daniel, what does she see in her dream in pages 37-40?
6. What does Elisabeth try to do at the post office in pages 1-52, and how successful is she?
7. In 1995, how did Daniel describe language to Elisabeth?
8. What conversation did Elisabeth and Wendy have when Elisabeth was 13?
9. In pages 1-13, after Daniel makes clothes in his dream and returns to the shore, what does he see?
10. In pages 1-52, what is Daniel's condition?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The novel is divided into three sections, with each section being a month. How do the months of September, October, and November mirror what is going on in the lives of the characters? How do they especially reveal what is going on in Daniel’s life?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Elisabeth and Daniel meet because they are neighbors. What does it mean to be neighbors? Why do neighbors need to find common ground? In the novel, what compromises does Smith suggest help relationships between neighbors and why are those compromises necessary?
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