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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. How old does Casey say she is in the first chapter?

2. What did the painter at the Red Barn inform Casey about Luke after he left in Chapter 2?

3. What novel did Jimbo have published last year, according to Casey in Chapter 8?

4. Who is Mary Hand rumored to have dated?

5. Where was Yasmin born?

Short Essay Questions

1. From what narrative perspective is the story related? Why is this important?

2. What is Casey's history with golf?

3. What irony appears in Casey's first date with Oscar?

4. Who is Adam and how is he described?

5. What history of abandonment affects Casey and influences her actions and emotions?

6. Why is Casey reluctant to pass her manuscript along to Muriel?

7. Where does Casey work? How does she feel about her job?

8. What do bees symbolize in the novel?

9. Who is Oscar Kolton and how does Casey first meet him?

10. How is Mary Hand described? What is rumored about her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss three examples of foreshadowing and/or red herrings in Writers & Lovers. What clues does the author give for later events in the story? How do these clues play out? What clues did you miss until the novel's ending?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the death of Casey's mother. When did this occur? How did it occur? Where did it occur? How has the death impacted Casey and influenced her actions?

Essay Topic 3

Outline and discuss the plot structure of Writers & Lovers. Where does the tension toward the climax begin to build? What conflicts arise that assist in developing that tension? Where does the climax occur? How are the major conflicts resolved?

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