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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 does Jaz do very well that Joseph realizes on their date?
2. Who is Joseph's acquaintance that he asks to listen to the song he put together?
3. What does Joseph really want to do for a living, although he knows it will be difficult to make money doing it?
4. What does Jaz want to do back at Joseph's house?
5. What does Joseph's mother like to do on the weekends?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Joseph ask Lucy how she is going to vote on the Brexit referendum?
2. How does Lucy feel about her first date with Michael Marwood?
3. How do Al and Dylan get along with Joseph, and what common interests do they have?
4. Why is Lucy annoyed with Emma in Part I?
5. How does Lucy handle talking about Joseph to her friends in Part II?
6. Why are Joseph's father and mother voting for the U.K. to leave the European Union?
7. What does talking to Joseph about Brexit in Part II do for Lucy's opinion of the topic?
8. How does Lucy feel about sex with Joseph at first in Part II?
9. What conclusion does Lucy reach about the man she goes out on a blind date with in Part I?
10. How does Joseph feel about Emma's flirting in Part I?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What does the Brexit vote - the lead up to the referendum, the result itself, and its aftermath - say about the United Kingdom, according to Hornby? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
Given how Hornby has built and developed both Joseph's and Lucy's characters, do you think their remaining together at the end of the novel is plausible? Write an essay explaining your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
How does Lucy feel about dating in general in the wake of her fairly fresh breakup with her husband, Paul? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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