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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 newspaper is Tom reading in the beginning of Part Two: Chapter 22?

2. Dr. Sumpton tells Hannah in Part Three: Chapter 31 that the only cure for her daughter is what?

3. What does Isabel's mother bring her to drink when she arrives at the Graysmarks' home in Part Three: Chapter 25?

4. What does Isabel claim regarding Franz Roennfeldt at the police station in Part Three: Chapter 35?

5. Where is Hannah when Grace runs away from home in Part Three: Chapter 33?

Short Essay Questions

1. What led to the loss of Tom's mother in his life as a child?

2. How does Bill Graysmark respond when he arrives at the police station in Part Two: Chapter 25?

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

4. What causes the argument between Tom and Isabel in Part Two: Chapter 22?

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

6. What internal conflict does Bluey struggle with in Part Two: Chapter 23?

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

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

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

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

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

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 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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