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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Dexter actually do with his laundries at the end of Part 5?

2. According to the narrator in Part 4, what entertained Judy?

3. In Part 5, Dexter is described as being what?

4. Why does Devlin visit Dexter?

5. How did the war make Dexter feel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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