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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Devlin say about Judy's age?

2. What does Judy say about Dexter's eyes?

3. What did Dexter not care about regarding his relationship with Judy?

4. Who ended the relationship between Dexter and Judy?

5. Who was hurt by Dexter's relationship with Judy?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Dexter Green is the main character of Winter Dreams.

1. How has Dexter changed from the young boy caddying in Part 1 to the successful businessman in Part 6?

2. In what ways has Dexter not changed at all?

3. How does Dexter's choice of college affect his changes?

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

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?

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