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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. Who does the person who approaches Dexter while in the raft say is waiting at the house?

2. When Dexter comes over for dinner, around what time does Judy finally come downstairs?

3. Who does Dexter envision in the summer room and on the sun-porch?

4. What type of badge did the main character hand in?

5. What is the name of the main character?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Devlin describe Judy?

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

3. At dinner in Part 3, what do Dexter and Judy discuss about Dexter's life?

4. What does Dexter want to do when learning of Judy's situation?

5. How does Devlin describe Judy's marriage?

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

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

8. How does Devlin know Judy (what is their relationship)?

9. Describe Dexter's taste in clothes. Include a description of the clothes he wears to dinner at Judy's house in Part 3.

10. In Part 4 it says, "[Dexter] had been hardened against jealousy long before." What caused him to be "hardened against jealousy?"

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Winter Dreams is about Dexter and the dreams he has during the long Minnesota winters.

1. How does Dexter's early dreams influence events that occur at the end of the story?

2. How do Dexter's fantasies about beating the men on the golf course relate to his life?

3. What happens to Dexter's world when he realizes that something he thought was eternal - Judy's beauty - has faded?

Essay Topic 2

Mr. Heart invites Dexter to play a round of golf with him and his friends. This event causes many emotions to surface in Dexter.

1. Why does Dexter start the day feeling like an intruder, but end the day feeling superior to the men he golfs with?

2. What even happens on the golf course that likely changes Dexter's life? Why does this event change Dexter's life?

3. What are the varying opinions of Judy by the men on the golf course?

Essay Topic 3

Dexter is offered a free ride to a local State university, but he turns it down to head east to an older, more prestigious university.

1. How would Dexter's life have been different if he had gone to the State university? Would he still have been successful at business?

2. How would his life had stayed the same? Would he still have a shot with Judy?

3. What does Dexter learn in college that most affects the rest of his life?

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