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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 Lou's last name?

2. What book of Will's does Lou say she had just read in Chapter 9?

3. What does the hostess at the restaurant ask for when Lou orders a table in Chapter 11?

4. How long has it been since Will was last visited by his former girlfriend in Chapter 4?

5. Lou says in Chapter 2 that she preferred wearing boys' clothes until what age?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Will feel about his outing to the racetrack in Chapter 11?

2. What does Mrs. Traynor say to Lou when she comes to her house in Chapter 9?

3. How does Lou respond when Mrs. Traynor finds her sleeping in Will's bed in Chapter 6?

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

5. What secret revelation does Lou discover in the end of Chapter 7?

6. What is Lou's home life like in Chapter 1?

7. Why has a crowd gathered outside Lou's house in Chapter 9?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the motif of assisted suicide and the theme of the right to choose in Me Before You. How is this controversial subject explored through character in the story? How does the author explore this theme through action and conflict? What symbolism relates to this theme?

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