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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 color was Abbey Hanley's hair?

2. On the title page of "The Clay Stack," Michael Dunbar wrote to Clay to refer to what page in "THE OLD PLAN"?

3. What three words did Clay say while looking back at his work before walking to the town in "The Boy With Bleeding Hands" (196)?

4. What was Michael's favorite television series as a kid?

5. What was the first thing Penelope bought after arriving in Australia?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Penelope like the house at 18 Archer Street?

2. Where did Penelope go after fleeing the Eastern Bloc as a refugee?

3. Where did Michael and Abbey go after high school? Why?

4. How do Clay's brothers help him train?

5. How did Penelope feel about emigrating from her childhood home? Why?

6. Where is the Murderer when Matthew finds him in the house in Part 1? What is he doing?

7. What is The Quarryman and why does the author reference it in the novel?

8. What led to the end of Michael's relationship with Abbey?

9. What is the symbolic significance of the "ol' TW" in the novel (149)?

10. Who/what is Moon and what does it represent?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the motif of light in Bridge of Clay. How does the author describe the light in Australia? In what instances is the brightness of the sun used symbolically? What does it represent?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the impact of Penelope's death on the Dunbar family. How did each member of the family cope with this loss? Who was affected the most by Penelope's death? Why?

Essay Topic 3

Analyze and discuss the character of Michael Dunbar in Bridge of Clay. To whom was Michael first married? What happened to their marriage? When and where did he meet Penelope? What led Michael to leave his family?

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