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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. Where does Hannah say Grace has gone with her grandfather in Part Three: Chapter 35?

2. Who does Mrs. Darnley tell she believes that Hannah has gone insane in Part Three: Chapter 25?

3. How long does Tom say he spent in Bunbury jail in Part Three: Chapter 36?

4. On what holiday did Franz Roennfeldt disappear?

5. Who suggests to Hannah that maybe she should take Grace to see Isabel in Part Three: Chapter 29?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Bluey arguing with his mother in Part Three: Chapter 28?

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

4. How is the reunion of Hannah and Grace described in Part Two: Chapter 26?

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

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

7. What conversation takes place between Tom and Ralph in Part Two: Chapter 20?

8. What does Isabel confess at the police station in Part Three: Chapter 35?

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

10. Where does Lucy go in Part Three: Chapter 33? Why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Describe and discuss the characters of Sergeant Knuckey and Sergeant Spragg in the novel. How do each of these officers perceive Tom and Isabel? How do they treat Tom and Isabel? Why?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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