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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 many pages of her novel has Casey written at the beginning of Chapter 7?

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

3. Where does Luke take Casey to swim when he picks her up in Chapter 3?

4. How long ago did Casey meet Muriel, according to her narrative in Chapter 4?

5. Where was Casey when her student loans went into default?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Muriel? How is she described?

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

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

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

5. Why does John approach Casey away from his table when his family goes to brunch at Iris in Chapter 15?

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

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

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

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

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

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 importance of setting in Writers & Lovers. What mood is evoked by the settings in this novel? How do the settings in the book reflect upon or develop its characters? If this novel were set elsewhere, how would that change its characters or themes?

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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