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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 many missed calls does Emma have from an unknown number in Chapter 14?

2. In Chapter 4, how long has Janice Rothschild been missing?

3. From what station do trains to Plymouth run?

4. Where did Leo and Emma go to celebrate the end of Emma's chemo?

5. How often do Emma and Jill meet for dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Emma late for her wedding?

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

3. In Chapter 22, what lie does Emma tell Leo?

4. How does Leo remember they learned that Emma was pregnant with Ruby?

5. In Chapter 18, what does Janice say in a letter Jeremy brings Emma?

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

7. vWhy does Leo decide to attend a death conference in Chapter 16?

8. What is Emma's occupation?

9. Why does Leo begin to realize in Chapter 8 that Emma is keeping something from him?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The climax in a novel is the highest point of tension and a turning point. What is the climax of The Love of My Life and why is that incident the climax?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Foreshadowing is a method authors use to hint at events to come in a novel. How does Walsh use foreshadowing in the book? Does the use of foreshadowing create suspense?

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