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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 is the real name of the friend Joseph asks to listen to the song he put together in Chapter 7?
2. How old is Lucy?
3. What does Lucy do for a living?
4. What does Joseph's mother like to do on the weekends?
5. Which customer gives Joseph a hard time about having a dog in the shop?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Joseph's mother react when she finds out he is dating Lucy, and why does she feel this way?
2. How does Lucy feel about her first date with Michael Marwood?
3. What conclusion does Lucy reach about the man she goes out on a blind date with in Part I?
4. How do Al and Dylan get along with Joseph, and what common interests do they have?
5. How does Joseph feel about Emma's flirting in Part I?
6. Why are Joseph's father and mother voting for the U.K. to leave the European Union?
7. How does Joseph plan on jump-starting his D.J.-ing in Part II?
8. Why does Joseph ask Lucy how she is going to vote on the Brexit referendum?
9. Why is Lucy in the process of separating from her husband Paul?
10. How does Lucy find herself feeling about Joseph by the end of 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
How do Joseph and Lucy navigate their age, race, and class differences throughout their relationship? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
Essay Topic 3
Why do you think Hornby introduces Emma Baker to the reader in the beginning of the novel, but does not revisit her as a character at all in the second half of the book? What do you think Hornby is trying to communicate to the reader with Emma's character? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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