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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 Isabel suffered a miscarriage in the beginning of Part One: Chapter 9?

2. How many stairs in the lighthouse lead up to the lantern room at Janus Rock?

3. For how long have Tom and Isabel been on Janus Rock in the beginning of Part One: Chapter 8?

4. Where did Trimble Docherty commit suicide?

5. On what date does Part One: Chapter 1 begin?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Isabel do with the infant when she takes it from Tom in Part Two: Chapter 10?

2. What strikes Tom about the guidebook for lighthouse keepers in Part Two: Chapter 13?

3. What does Tom discover on the dinghy before he sends it off to sea in Part Two: Chapter 11? Why is this significant?

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

5. What is related of Septimus Potts's childhood in Part Two: Chapter 16?

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

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

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

9. How does Tom travel to Janus Rock in Part One: Chapter 3? Who accompanies him?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why do you think the author sets up the inciting event of the novel in the prologue? How does this affect the linear structure of the narrative? What information is established in the prologue of the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the characters of Hannah and Franz Roennfeldt in The Light Between Oceans. What led to Franz's disappearance with Grace? How has this disappearance affected Hannah? How does Hannah respond when her daughter is located?

Essay Topic 3

How does Lucy come to live with Tom and Isabel on Janus Rock? What are the repercussions of Lucy's arrival on the island? How does this occasion serve as the inciting event for the narrative plot?

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