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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. How long has it been since Eric has seen his wife, at the beginning of the "Seven" chapter?
2. What does Eric notices his wife does at 5:11 p.m. while they are out in Brooklyn?
3. What does Ka’s father leave the Fonteneaus’ house with?
4. Where was Ka born and raised?
5. How does Nadine’s mother characterize her father’s health in her letter to Nadine?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the occasion that Eric’s wife coming to New York?
2. How is the ending of "Water Child" chapter similar to themes in The Book of the Dead?
3. What do Eric and his wife do when they go out on the weekend?
4. In how many ways does the number seven resonate for Eric at the start of the second chapter, titled “Seven”?
5. What is Anne’s family’s Christmas routine like?
6. How does Ka’s mother answer when Ka asks her how she can love him?
7. How does the narrator characterize Anne’s religiosity?
8. What does Eric’s wife do while he is at work?
9. Whose perspective is the "The Book of Miracles" chapter written from, and when is it set?
10. How does Nadine’s call with her parents go?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write a character sketch of the author based on her style and content. What can we tell about her, based on the choices she makes in terms of description, characterization and plot? What values does she hold dear? What are her hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think she is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.
Essay Topic 2
What is the role of love in The Dew Breaker? Who loves, and what kinds of relationships or actions are called love? What are the other kinds of love, and what do casual or other kinds of relationships do for the people who have them? What is the relationship between trauma and love? Does love heal it? Is love merely a refuge? Or is love just a way to recycle trauma by making another person complicit in it?
Essay Topic 3
What topics would you like to research further, after reading The Dew Breaker. Describe why additional research or reading would be beneficial to an understanding of this book. Propose a list of articles or books you would read in order to get a better handle on The Dew Breaker.
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