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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dexter close his eyes and try to envision after Devlin leaves his office?

2. Who ended the relationship between Dexter and Judy?

3. Where did Dexter go at the end of Part 5?

4. What did Judy say she didn't want to do to Dexter?

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

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

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

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.

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