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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 old was the little girl in Chapter 1?

2. What did people like to say about Dexter when he returned to Black Bear?

3. According to the narrator, an enormous thing happened near the fifteenth green because of what?

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

5. What had the main character promised Mr. Jones he would do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Dexter feel about spring, fall and winter?

2. Why does Dexter caddy?

3. What is the lake like when Dexter swims out to the raft in Part 2?

4. Why does Dexter quit caddying?

5. Describe Dexter's impression of Judy's house in Part 3.

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

7. What do the golfers think of Dexter?

8. What is the financial state of most of the caddies at Sherry Island Golf Club?

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

10. How does Devlin respond to Dexter's reaction at him (Devlin) calling Judy "a pretty girl?"

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Judy starts the story as a "great beauty," but her beauty fades by the end.

1. Describe the irony of Judy's marriage.

2. Compare and contrast Judy's appearance at the beginning of the story with her personality at the beginning of the story.

3. Compare and contrast Judy's appearance at the end of the story with her personality at the end of the story.

Essay Topic 2

Dexter and Judy start their relationship with Judy telling Dexter she thinks she loves him. A week later she is running off with other men and stringing Dexter along.

1. How does Judy treat her men?

2. Why does Dexter stay with Judy? Why do the other men stay with her?

3. Compare Judy's treatment of men with how she is treated by her husband at the end of the story.

Essay Topic 3

The character's of Winter Dreams have convoluted ideas of what the word Love means.

1. What does Dexter love and what is his love like for Judy?

2. What does Judy love and what is her love like for Dexter?

3. Does anyone in this story truly love one another? If so, who? If not, why not?

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