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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 is the music teacher for the five children in Part I?
2. What does Ben usually do most nights to help calm himself?
3. Who are the other people Jo performs with in Part I?
4. Where does Ben live in the early part of Part II?
5. Why does Ben's favorite nurse take him to a meeting room full of medical students and his doctor?
Short Essay Questions
1. In Part II, what does Alec spend a lot of time doing besides working?
2. Why does Mike threaten Ben on the bus in Part II?
3. Who does Vern become distracted by during his business dinner in Part I and why does this happen?
4. What is Vern like as a child, and how does his childhood temperament relate to his adult one?
5. How does Vern mislead his dinner companion in Part I?
6. Why does Alec's mentor have some misgivings about him going into the line of work he has chosen?
7. Why does the doctor and medical students analyze Ben's case in Part II?
8. What does Jo notice about the man she thinks of as having a frog face in Part II?
9. Why does Vern refuse to talk to the object of his admiration in Part I in the restaurant?
10. What reasons does Spufford imagine that might have prevented the Woolworth's bombing?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does Spufford insinuate that Vern, at the opera festival in Part IV, feel such a sense of malaise? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.
Essay Topic 2
How does Spufford use the character of Mike to explore some aspects of racism and racist attitudes in postwar Britain? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
Why does Jo eventually move back to London, and how does her move change the course of her life? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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