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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. For how long does the caddy tell the girl and her nurse that he has to stay at the club house?

2. Where does the main character live?

3. What does the person who approaches Dexter in the raft want to know?

4. How is Judy's voice described?

5. What does Mr. Jones say the other caddies do?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dexter get upset with Judy only a week into their relationship?

2. What is Dexter's first life changing decision based upon his winter dreams?

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

4. What is Judy's mood like at the dinner in Part 3?

5. Describe the events that lead up to Mr. T. A. Hedrick getting struck with a golf ball.

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

7. How does Devlin describe Judy?

8. What are Dexter's feelings toward Judy at the end of Part 2?

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

10. Why did Dexter welcome the war?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 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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