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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. In Chapter 54, where does Charlie have a summer job?

2. In Chapter 49, what prison does Leo drive past?

3. How old was Charlie when Emma gave him away?

4. What is the name of the nurse Emily speaks to after Janice accuses Emily of trying to smother Charlie?

5. In Chapter 45, when does Emily go to a park to see Charlie?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Leo drive to Alnmouth?

2. In Chapter 62, where does Emma go and what does she find?

3. In Chapter 40, how is Emily doing and feeling after being in the hospital a while?

4. In Chapter 37, why does Emily go alone on the train to Edinburgh?

5. How dioes Emily meet the father of her baby?

6. What does Janice tell Emily the first time they speak?

7. Why does Emily worry about having her baby?

8. How did Emily's father die?

9. What does Emma say about her life at the end of the Epilogue?

10. Why did Jill take Emma and lie to Leo and Emma?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Emma disappears right before she is to meet Leo. How does Emma’s disappearance affect Leo and why?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Flashbacks are a literary device used to provide information about events that took place before the story began. How does Walsh use flashbacks in The Love of My Life? How does the author’s choice to use flashbacks affect what readers understand about characters and events?

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