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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 simile is used to describe some of the caddies?

2. Why does the main character work as a caddy?

3. Dexter realizes that he has loved Judy since when?

4. What is Dexter afraid he is doing to Judy during their after dinner conversation?

5. How much money did Dexter borrow to start his business?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Judy's response when Dexter asks her to marry him in Part 4?

2. Why does Dexter not care about what the people of the town think of his actions in Part 5?

3. What does the narrator mean by saying that Judy was entertained only by the gratification of her own desires?

4. What reasons did Judy give for ending her relationship with Dexter in Part 5?

5. What is Dexter's impression of Judy's dress in Part 3?

6. How does Dexter learn that Devlin knows Judy?

7. What is meant when Dexter is described as "hard minded" in Part 5?

8. How does Dexter respond after Judy says, "I wish you'd marry me"?

9. Why does Dexter quit caddying?

10. What does Dexter tell Judy about his career after dinner in Part 3?

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

At several points in this story, the plot seems to be pushed by coincidences.

1. Dexter and Judy often end up at the same dances, why did they meet in the obscure way they did on the open lake at night--instead of a more reasonable location like a dance?

2. Dexter learns of Judy's fading beauty from a man from Detroit. What is taken from the story if Dexter were to learn his information from someone in Black Bear?

3. Had these two events taken place differently, could the story have reached the same conclusion? Why or why not?

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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