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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. How often will Dr. Moru continue to monitor Emma in Chapter 6?

2. How many days of the week does Emma spend working at the Marine Biological Association in Plymouth?

3. From what station do trains to Plymouth run?

4. What was Leo's birth mother's name?

5. What month is it in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Leo's opinion of Jill?

2. Why does Robbie Rosen come to find Leo after their meeting in Chapter 20?

3. What documents does Leo find pertaining to Emma in Chapter 29?

4. How did Emma and Leo meet?

5. What happens when Emma wants to photograph the crab skeleton in the Prologue?

6. What is Emma looking at in Chapter 5 and why?

7. What is Emma's occupation?

8. In Chatper 15, where does Ruby think she and her mother are going and why?

9. Why does Mags Tenterden tell Leo that Emma was dropped from the BBC?

10. Why does Emma have a secret she has never told Leo?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

With Leo, Emma receives a second chance at happiness. How does Emma receive a second chance at happiness with Leo?

Essay Topic 2

An analogy is the comparison of an unfamiliar object or idea to a familiar one in an attempt to explain the unfamiliar or to help readers understand characters, events, or concepts. What are some analogies Walsh uses in the novel? How do these analogies help readers comprehend characters, events, or concepts?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view of The Love of My Life? How does the way that different first-person narrators are used influence what readers know about events and characters? How does following different characters help readers connect with and understand characters?

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