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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 kind of poetry had Crimond been reading earlier to Jean?

2. Where does Gerard want go on holiday with Jenkin?

3. Who does Duncan accidentally shoot instead of Crimond?

4. What are the color of Crimond's eyes?

5. What does Crimond tell Jean he wants instead of toast?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Crimond's real reason for challenging Duncan to a game of Russian Roulette?

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

3. How does Tamar confront her mother?

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

5. Why does Gulliver decide to leave Lily?

6. What are Jean and Duncan keeping from each other?

7. How has Tamar's life taken a turn for the better since Gideon and Pat adopted her?

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

9. Why is Jean happy Duncan has been unfaithful to her?

10. Why are Duncan and Jean finding life together difficult?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following and examine it what expresses about mid-1980s British society:

1. Teenage pregnancy.

2. The need to find the right person.

3. Losing sight of one's beliefs.

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

Compare Duncan and Crimond:

1. What is their relationship to each other?

2. How are their ideas different?

3. How do their differences in opinion prove to be destructive?

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