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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 does the narrator get a job in the country?

2. According to the message of the story, what is love more than?

3. What does the narrator first notice that is odd about the cottage upon returning?

4. Where does Elgin want Louise to go for treatment?

5. What does Louise decide to do after the vacation?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Elgin's goal throughout the novel? Has he achieved this goal yet?

2. How is Gail similar to Jacqueline?

3. Why isn't the narrator interested in Gail sexually?

4. Describe the narrator's new life in the countryside.

5. According to the novel, how is love more important than societal opinions?

6. Describe the role "love without gender" plays in the novel.

7. How does the narrator grieve in the countryside?

8. What does Gail provide for the narrator?

9. How is selfishness a theme in the novel?

10. How does the narrator know that he or she made a mistake?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are the goals of each of the main characters: Louise, Elgin, the narrator? Does each character achieve their goals? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

How does the tone change from the beginning of the novel to the end of the novel? Why is this important to note? Why does the tone change?

Essay Topic 3

Is the narrator a moral character? Why or why not? Are the secondary characters moral? Why or why not? How does the narrator justify his or her morality? Why do you think the narrator feels the need to do this?

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