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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 the drawing of that Grace packs in her satchel when she runs away in Part Three: Chapter 33?

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

3. What object does Hannah find in the parcel left in her letterbox in Part Two: Chapter 23?

4. How many children does Mrs. Darnley have?

5. What is the name of the woman that Bluey has been courting in Part Two: Chapter 19?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What betrayal does Gwen commit in Part Three: Chapter 31? Why?

3. Why does Hannah come to Isabel's home in Part Three: Chapter 34?

4. How does Hannah respond to Grace's game with her dolls in Part Three: Chapter 28? Why?

5. What kind of pet does Lucy ask for in Part Two: Chapter 22? Why?

6. What exchange takes place between Tom and Sergeant Knuckey in Part Three: Chapter 31?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the exchange between Lucy-Grace Rutherford and Tom Sherbourne in the end of the novel. Why has Lucy-Grace sought out Tom and Isabel? What does Tom give to Lucy-Grace? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss the character of Lucy/Grace in the novel. How does Lucy's personality emerge as she grows older? Would you consider her a happy child? Why or why not? How is she affected by the separation from Isabel and Tom?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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