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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 is Bluey's last name?

2. How many children does Mrs. Darnley have?

3. On what holiday did Franz Roennfeldt disappear?

4. What message does Tom ask Bluey to relate to Isabel in Part Three: Chapter 28?

5. When does Sergeant Knuckey say Isabel made her confession when he speaks with Hannah in Part Three: Chapter 35?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is revealed in Tom's letter to Isabel in Part Three: Chapter 34?

2. What does Bluey question Tom about during his visit in Part Two: Chapter 19? Why?

3. What does Hannah discover in her letterbox in Part Two: Chapter 23? How does she respond?

4. What exchange takes place between Tom and Ralph at the jail in Part Three: Chapter 29?

5. What betrayal does Isabel commit in Part Two: Chapter 26? Why?

6. How does Hannah respond to the pretend game Grace plays with the clothespins in Part Three: Chapter 31?

7. What is significant about the encounter between Tom and Hannah in Part Two: Chapter 21?

8. What happens when Lucy and Isabel arrive at the police station in Part Two: Chapter 25?

9. Where does Lucy go when she wanders off in Part Two: Chapter 22? How does Tom find her?

10. From whom does Tom receive a letter in Part Two: Chapter 19? What is revealed in the letter?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author use of foreshadowing in The Light Between Oceans. What are some examples of foreshadowing in the narrative? How does each example serve the story? Does the author employ any "red herrings" in the story?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's use of irony in The Light Between Oceans. How does the author employ dramatic irony? How is verbal irony used? What are the purposes of these examples and how do they serve the story?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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