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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 Jo think has a good singing voice in her class?
2. What is the opera Vern sees in Part IV?
3. What stew does Marsha make for her family gathering in Part IV?
4. Who was the partner of the woman who calls Angela in Part IV?
5. What does Alec remember Vern's nickname as in school?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is Val's life like with Mike in Part III?
2. Why do Vern and his wife Kath break up?
3. What idea does Vern get after visiting Alec?
4. How does Marsha change Ben's life?
5. What does Alec end up doing after he loses his job as a typesetter?
6. What does Mike do in Part III that horrifies Val and changes the course of her life?
7. What does Val do when she gets out of prison to try to help others?
8. How does Ben diffuse the tension between Marsha and Gloria in Part IV?
9. What does Jo tell Ricky she misses in Part III?
10. What feeling comes over Vern at the opera festival that he cannot quite place?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Jo find her way back to her dream of producing her own music and putting it out in the world towards the end of the novel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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
Of the five main characters - Val, Jo, Vern, Alec, and Ben - which one do you think experiences the most significant growth or change over the course of his or her life? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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