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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 feeling does Dunny admit to after hearing of his parents' death?

2. Why does Amasa Dempster refuse to prosecute the man Mrs. Dempster was found with?

3. When Dunstan leaves the Mission, what does he give Surgeoner?

4. According to legend, what did St. Dunstan do to the devil?

5. The night before Dunny departs from the village, what does Leola Cruikshank announce?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the villagers decide that Mrs. Dempster is "simple?"

2. What steps does Leola take in order to be the wife that Boy wants her to be?

3. How did Dunstan gain his nest egg?

4. What is Boy's logic in thinking that he is not cheating on his fiancee, as told to Dunstan?

5. Why was Dunstable relieved to hear the news of his mother's death?

6. What does Dunstan, the narrator, tell the Headmaster of the school that he recently retired from, is the point of this book?

7. Why does Boy choose the Prince of Wales as his role model?

8. Although Dunstan's family is not rich, why do they hold a position of privilege in the town?

9. Why does Dunny develop the habit of keeping secrets?

10. When Dunstable awakens in the hospital, what has happened to his body?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Deptford is a small village. It has been shown to have both a good and a bad side. Using examples from the book, please explain whether you believe Deptford is a village of good or bad morals based on how the villagers treated people from their village, and from other places.

Essay Topic 2

Dunstan kept the stone that was in the snowball Percy threw when they were boys. Why did Dunstan keep the stone? Please discuss the themes of consciousness, remembrance, and learning from the past in relation to the loaded snowball event.

Essay Topic 3

Throughout the book, Fate is discussed as a character. Please pick one of the following characters and use examples from the book to describe how Fate works with, or on, that character.

1. Dunstan

2. Paul

3. Percy/Boy

4. Leona

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