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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 Jenkin thinking about while Tamar confesses her secret?

2. What does Duncan feel no remorse for?

3. What does Gulliver do with the snail he finds in the trains?

4. Who does Crimond tell Jean is his weakness?

5. What do Jean and Duncan promise to help each other work towards?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Crimond's treatment of Jean and his proposal to Rose say about his character?

2. How does Tamar confront her mother?

3. What news does Duncan hear from Crimond?

4. Why does Gulliver decide to leave Lily?

5. How does Duncan react to Jenkin's death?

6. What news does Jean hear about Duncan from Tamar?

7. Why does Gerard vow to take care of Rose?

8. What do Rose and Gerard think about past events?

9. What do Gerard and Rose say about Crimond's book?

10. How has Duncan's character changed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and discuss how it affects the tone of the novel and helps to express character and theme:

1. Setting

2. Point of view

3. Structure

4. Language

Essay Topic 2

Away from the main character, examine the way the author uses the other characters in the book. When does he introduce and take them away from the story? What effect does it have on the story?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the values of the 1980s.

1. In what ways are the characters a product of their time?

2. How does the novel express the changes Britain was going through at the time?

3. Does modern society share any values with 1980s Britain?

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