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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. What is the name of Oscar's dog?

2. What is the name of the protagonist in Casey's novel?

3. Where does Casey meet Silas after he returns from his trip in Chapter 32?

4. Where did Silas's sister die?

5. What does Casey drop off at Muriel's apartment on her way to work in the end of Chapter 25?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Muriel describe her trip in Chapter 39?

2. Why does Casey go to the post office in Chapter 27? What is her exchange with the clerk like?

3. How does Casey respond to Silas's messages in Chapter 34? Why?

4. How is Casey's second date with Silas described? What do they do?

5. What happens on Casey's third date with Silas?

6. What health problems or potential issues arise in Casey's doctor appointments when she begins catching up on her medical exams?

7. What happens after the reading in Chapter 38?

8. Why does Casey worry after leaving her manuscript at Muriel's apartment in Chapter 22?

9. Why do Casey's father and stepmother come to her work? How does she respond?

10. What good news does Casey receive on the phone in Chapter 37?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe and discuss the characters of Muriel and Harry in Writers & Lovers. What do these characters represent to Casey? What role do they play in the plot of the story? Why are they important?

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