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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. On the show that Elisabeth watches with her mother, when is it said that Hornsea started?
2. Shat was the man with the gun wearing in Daniel's story he told 13-year-old Elisabeth on a walk?
3. In Elisabeth's dream on pages 201-206, where does Elisabeth's visitor sit?
4. On pages 207-211, what day of the week was it?
5. How old did Daniel remember his sister was when she wrote him a letter while she was nursing their mother?
Short Essay Questions
1. In March 1998, what does Elisabeth do with Daniel, and what do they discuss?
2. On pages 129-144, what does Wendy tell Elisabeth about charity boxes?
3. What was Christine Keeler doing and what did she find when she was playing with some boys?
4. On pages 129-144, what happens when Elisabeth walks by the fence?
5. What was the advertising campaign for Cream of Wheat breakfast cereal from 1900 to the mid-1920s?
6. How does Elisabeth describe a boy she liked and who liked her when she was 16?
7. As Elisabeth watches a show with her mother on pages 129-144, what does she think about a couple she saw at the station?
8. What happens when Elisabeth goes back to the post office to apply for her passport a second time?
9. On pages 181-193, what time did Daniel remember when he was with his sister?
10. What does Elisabeth's new passport look like when she finally receives it?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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?
Essay Topic 2
On page 7, Daniel discovers what it is to feel again. Why is this scene in the dream important? What does it reveal about how Daniel is preparing for the next life?
Essay Topic 3
At the end of the novel even though it is November, a rose is blooming. What does the rose symbolize about Daniel and about the love between Elisabeth and Daniel?
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