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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. Who is Casey's older brother that went to college with her landlord?

2. Whose business card do the Doyles give to Casey in Chapter 14?

3. How old was Casey's mother when she flew to Chile?

4. What river does Casey cross on her bike ride to work in Chapter 1?

5. Who wrote Black Tickets?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Muriel? How is she described?

2. Where is the novel set? Why is this setting important?

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

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

5. Who is Harry and how is he described?

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

7. What does Casey say to the doctors that makes them uncomfortable in Chapter 6?

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

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

10. Why does Casey live where she lives? How did she get there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the themes of reliability and commitment versus the unexpected and unknown in Writers & Lovers. How do these themes contrast one another? What character(s) represent stability? What character(s) represent the unknown?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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