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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 1995, what color was the lacy stuff that Daniel described to Elisabeth that was in a collage he once saw?

2. What does Elisabeth do for a living?

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

4. In Part 2 when Daniel feels like he is inside something, what does he compare the sensation to?

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. What incident is described that took place in September 1943?

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. In pages 41-42, what does a care assistant tell Elisabeth about Daniel?

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

5. When Elisabeth nods off when she is visiting Daniel, what does she see in her dream in pages 37-40?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Elisabeth and her mother do not have a close relationship. How would you describe the relationship between the two women? How does the relationship change, and what does that reveal about the women?

Essay Topic 2

Daniel remembers a letter his sister wrote when she was caring for their mother. Why did Hannah write about hope and about time? Why did she believe that they were both important and not to be wasted?

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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