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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. Where is Oli from?

2. Where was Harry born?

3. What does Muriel serve as the entrée at her dinner party in Chapter 8?

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

5. Where did Casey live briefly with her brother and his boyfriend Phil?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What backstory is established for Casey in the opening of the novel?

4. How does Casey respond to Silas's messages in Chapter 19?

5. What is the Red Barn and what are Casey's associations with it?

6. How did Casey's mother die? When did she die?

7. Where does Casey live? How is her home described?

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

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

10. What happens that makes Casey give up on Silas before they even go out?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's use of language in Writers & Lovers. What are examples of metaphors, similes, and other elements of imagery that are employed in the work? What effects do these examples have on the reader? How does the use of language in the novel relate to its themes?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and analyze the character of Casey in Writers & Lovers. What are Casey's circumstances like in the beginning of the novel? How do her circumstances change? What is Casey's character arc like by the end of the narrative?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Casey's relationship with Caleb. How much older than Casey is Caleb? Where does he live? How do Caleb and Casey help each other in the course of the story? How does this change their relationship?

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