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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 does Dexter have that he thinks makes him better than the men he imagines Judy to have been with?

2. According to Dexter, to be careless in dress and manner required more confidence than what?

3. The simile made about the winters is that they "shut down like the white. . ."

4. What type of men does Dexter think Judy is interested in?

5. Dexter owned the largest string of his type of business in his section of the country by the time he was what age?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Dexter's options for choosing a college.

2. How does Dexter learn that Devlin knows Judy?

3. What does Dexter dream of doing during his winter dreams in Part 1?

4. How does Devlin describe Judy?

5. Why does Dexter not harbor any hard feelings toward Judy even though he is unable to maintain a relationship with her?

6. What did Dexter do to make his first business so successful?

7. What do the old men in town mean when they say, "Now there's a boy?"

8. What is Dexter's impression of the dinner at Judy's house in Part 3?

9. What happened to Dexter's laundry business in Part 5?

10. Why is Mr. Jones upset that Dexter quit caddying in Part1?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Dexter arrives at Judy's house for dinner, several things do not go as he imagined they would.

1. Compare and contrast Judy's attire with Dexter's.

2. Compare and contrast Dexter's idea of how dinner will go with how it actually goes.

3. Why does Dexter assume he is the cause when the dinner conversation is not going well?

Essay Topic 2

Dexter has feelings as well as Judy.

1. How does Dexter feel a week into his relationship with Judy?

2. How does Judy make Dexter feel in Part 5 after he has sacrificed his engagement to Irene?

3. How does Dexter feel when he learns Judy is no longer beautiful?

Essay Topic 3

Dexter has a vivid imagination.

1. What type of people does Dexter imagine Judy's lovers to be?

2. How does Dexter think he is superior to these men?

3. In what way does Dexter know he is inferior to them?

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