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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 designed the annex that Will lives in?

2. For how long does Lou say she and Patrick have known one another in Chapter 2?

3. Where does Treena suggest Lou take Will to go to a strip club in Chapter 10?

4. Who is the woman that Will is seeing in the Prologue: 2007?

5. The narrator says in Chapter 10, "That was Treena all over. She felt" what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who arrives after Lou has cut Will's hair in Chapter 7? How does she behave toward Will?

2. What conflict breaks out between Treena and Lou in Chapter 10?

3. How does Lou describe her relationship with her sister in the beginning of the novel?

4. What advice does Treena give to Lou once she learns the truth about Will in Chapter 9?

5. How does Lou describe meeting Patrick in Chapter 7?

6. What movie does Will get Lou to watch in Chapter 5? Why?

7. How would you describe the narrative style of the Prologue: 2007?

8. Who comes to visit Will in Chapter 4? Why?

9. How does Lou get the group of drunken men at the racetrack to assist her and Nathan in Chapter 11?

10. How is Lou's first meeting with Will described in Chapter 3?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of quality of life versus quantity of life in Me Before You. How is this theme developed through character and setting? How is it developed through symbolism and imagery? Is quality or quantity more important to the characters in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast the Traynor family and the Clark family in the novel. How are they similar? How are they different? What conflicts do each of these families face?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the narrative style of Me Before You. Where in the novel does the narrative perspective change? Why do you think the author makes these transitions? How would the novel differ if related from a different narrator?

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