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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. In 1993, what did Elisabeth's mother offer to buy her if she lied about interviewing a neighbor?

2. How long does Elisabeth imagine that Daniel will say that he hoarded sweets?

3. When Elisabeth goes back to the post office in Part 1, what is her number in line?

4. When Elisabeth was 13, what singer did she remember Daniel telling her that he met at a friend's house?

5. In 1995, what color was the lacy stuff that Daniel described to Elisabeth that was in a collage he once saw?

Short Essay Questions

1. What incident is described that took place in September 1943?

2. In pages 53-57, what type of shop does Wendy buy a map from?

3. In 1993, what did Elisabeth's mother tell her to do instead of interviewing Daniel for the school assignment?

4. In 59-61, what are the feelings across the country after the Brexit vote?

5. What does Elisabeth try to do at the post office in pages 1-52, and how successful is she?

6. When Elisabeth was 13, what did Wendy decide about Elisabeth's relationship with Daniel?

7. In pages 1-13, after Daniel makes clothes in his dream and returns to the shore, what does he see?

8. In pages 41-42, what does a care assistant tell Elisabeth about Daniel?

9. What conversation did Elisabeth and Wendy have when Elisabeth was 13?

10. In 1995, how did Daniel describe language to Elisabeth?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Elisabeth was so upset when she could not remember her father’s face that she could not sleep. Why was it so upsetting to Elisabeth when she could not remember her father’s face? What did Daniel teach her about remembrance and forgetting? What is communicated about forgetting and its importance in life?

Essay Topic 2

The novel is divided into three sections, with each section being a month. How do the months of September, October, and November mirror what is going on in the lives of the characters? How do they especially reveal what is going on in Daniel’s life?

Essay Topic 3

On page 7, Daniel discovers what it is to feel again. Why is this scene in the dream important? What does it reveal about how Daniel is preparing for the next life?

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