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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Tom learn the basics of lighthouse keeping at his first relief posting in Part One: Chapter 1?
(a) Byron Bay.
(b) Janus Rock.
(c) Point Partageuse.
(d) Hopetoun.

2. What is the name of the home where Hannah grew up?
(a) Byron Bay.
(b) Bermondsey.
(c) Darlinghurst.
(d) Janus Rock.

3. What does Isabelle dress the baby in after she first bathes it in Part Two: Chapter 10?
(a) A blue dress.
(b) A white dress.
(c) A pink dress.
(d) A yellow dress.

4. Why did Trimble Docherty commit suicide?
(a) He was crazy.
(b) Grief after his wife died.
(c) Grief after his mother.
(d) Guilt from a long-ago murder.

5. How old does Tom say he will be turning this year in Part One: Chapter 5?
(a) 32.
(b) 24.
(c) 28.
(d) 19.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are Violet Graysmark's sons that died in the war?

2. What does Tom find wedged under the rib of the bow of the boat in Part Two: Chapter 11?

3. What does Tom wrap the dead man's body in before burying it in Part Two: Chapter 11?

4. What does Lucy clasp in her hand as Isabel sings her to sleep in Part Two: Chapter 16?

5. Whose little boy does Isabel describe ending up in an orphanage in Part Two: Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is related of Point Partageuse's history in Part One: Chapter 2?

2. What happens to the dead body in Part Two: Chapter 11?

3. What would you describe as the major difference between Tom and Isabel in the novel?

4. What led to the estrangement between Hannah and her father? When was it resolved?

5. What is significant about the gravestone that Tom and Isabel encounter on their way to Lucy's christening in Part Two: Chapter 15?

6. Who are Violet and Bill Graysmark and how are these characters described?

7. What information do Tom and Isabel relate about Lucy to family and friends in Part Two: Chapter 12?

8. What led to the disappearance of Franz and Grace?

9. What are Isabel's impressions of Janus Rock when she arrives in Part One: Chapter 7?

10. What is revealed in the letter that Hannah receives in Part Two: Chapter 16?

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