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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 emotion washes over Hannah when she learns of Isabel's confession in Part Three: Chapter 35?

2. Hannah tells Isabel that Grace can come live with her as long as Isabel does what, in Part Three: Chapter 34?

3. Whom does Isabel ask to speak to when she enters the police station in Part Three: Chapter 35?

4. How old is Lucy when Tom is arrested?

5. What is Lucy playing with when Tom finds her in Part Two: Chapter 22?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What exchange takes place between Bluey and Tom in Part Three: Chapter 28?

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 narrative style of The Light Between Oceans. From what narrative point of view is the novel related? Is the narrator's perspective omniscient or limited? What are the effects of these choices by the author?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the themes of motherhood and loss in The Light Between Oceans. How many miscarriages does Isabel suffer? How do these impact her emotionally and mentally? What do you think motherhood means in the context of the novel?

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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