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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Part 5, what does the narrator say Dexter is indifferent toward?

2. Where did Dexter intend to move at the end of Part 5?

3. Where has Dexter relocated to when Part 6 starts? .

4. How much importance did Dexter put on the amount of time his relationship with Judy lasted?

5. According to the narrator in Part 4, what does Judy make men conscious of?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A business associate presents Dexter with information that changes how he views the world.

1. What does Dexter lay on his couch and imagine after Devlin leaves?

2. Why does Dexter think all the beauty that once existed is now gone?

3. What is the "something" Dexter feels has been taken from him at the end of the story?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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