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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 do people believe happened to the Gaults?

2. What does Heloise do outside the church?

3. What does Bridget enjoy?

4. What does Lucy bring in for tea?

5. On what day does Ralph visit Lahardane?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Heloise feel in this chapter?

2. How does the porter, and later house painter, feel about what he did when he was injured?

3. What is the financial and emotional state of Lucy's parents? Where have they gone?

4. Describe Ralph's visit with Lucy. What do they talk about?

5. How do the Gaults spend their time in Italy?

6. What are Lucy's feelings towards Ralph?

7. How are the events at Lahardane perceived by others?

8. What does Lucy look like now?

9. How is Ralph's accidental visit to Lahardane regarded by others in the community?

10. What memories haunt Everard Gault?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on parenting, documenting the roles and responsibilities of parents and children. Be sure to address how parenting has changed over time, and how the experience of today's parents is different from those of previous centuries.

Essay Topic 2

Write a short essay on the topic of missing children. Be sure to address:

1) At least one case of a missing child, how it was handled, and how it was resolved.

2) Programs in place for finding missing children.

3) Ideas for new programs to help find missing children more quickly.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay documenting the historical changes in science and technology that can be seen in The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor. Be sure to include:

1) Major scientific innovations that are mentioned in the novel, and some that are not mentioned.

2) What you feel is the most important innovation during this time, and why.

3) How Lucy reacts to the changing world around her, and how typical this reaction is.

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