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

3. What color wellies does Lou describe her mother getting her when she was a child in Chapter 6?

4. What does Treena bring to Lou's room to drink in Chapter 9?

5. What are the hours that Will's mother tells Lou she'll be working in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How is Lou's outfit described for her interview in Chapter 2? Why did she wear this outfit?

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

6. What does Lou discover when she hears a crash from the kitchen in Chapter 4?

7. What does Nathan do when he arrives in Chapter 6?

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

9. How is Granta House described in Chapter 2? Where is it located?

10. How does Lou realize that Will is sick in Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the successful outings that Lou takes Will on? What impacts do they have on Will? How do you think these adventures change their relationship?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the setting of Me Before You. Where does Lou live? What are her experiences outside of this setting? What structure serves as a backdrop to the setting? How important is the setting to the plot of the story?

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