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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. Who does David meet at the cafy in Chapter 7?

2. What is David doing at the beginning of Chapter 12?

3. What does Catherine say she will do for David when he expresses his feelings about the role-playing?

4. What are the two lovers in the cafy doing when David and Catherine see them?

5. Where does Catherine think David has gone in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens while David and Catherine are swimming at the cove?

2. Why does Catherine go up to her room alone after David talks about the effects of absinthe?

3. What does Marita ask of David when he returns after leaving in anger?

4. What does Catherine force David to do when they stay in France again?

5. What does Catherine say she misses in Chapter 6?

6. How does David catch his sea bass?

7. How did Catherine's parents die?

8. How does David feel about Catherine and the beautiful girl in Chapter 12, and what does he do about it?

9. What does David do when he and Catherine get to Spain, and how does he feel about it?

10. What does Catherine do while on her trip alone to Biarritz?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Sacrifice is a theme that is very prevalent in this book. Who are the characters most affected by this theme, and how do they allow sacrifice to change their lives?

Essay Topic 2

Courage and fear are two attributes that are seen a number of times in this book. Where do they appear, and how do the presence of these feelings change the characters who are involved in these scenes?

Essay Topic 3

How does the relationship between the three lovers change throughout the course of the plot, and how do these changes affect the characters around them?

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