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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 was a story about that Daniel told his sister he had read, even though he did not read?

2. What happened to the tree person in Daniel's story he told 13-year-old Elisabeth on a walk?

3. In Elisabeth's dream on pages 201-206, who knocks on her door?

4. On the show that Elisabeth watches with her mother, when is it said that Hornsea started?

5. In the first chapter of Section 3, who is Daniel's sister and a painter talking to?

Short Essay Questions

1. On pages 123-128, how is a time-lapse described?

2. On pages 201-206, what does Elisabeth remember about a time her mother banned her from seeing Daniel?

3. On pages 167-172, what does a caregiver tell Elisabeth about Daniel?

4. What does Elisabeth's new passport look like when she finally receives it?

5. What was the advertising campaign for Cream of Wheat breakfast cereal from 1900 to the mid-1920s?

6. On pages 111-114, what does Elisabeth wonder about the care assistants at the care center where Daniel is staying?

7. On pages 145-148, who was Elisabeth's boyfriend whom she met at her graduation from college and what happened to that relationship?

8. On pages 129-144, what happens when Elisabeth walks by the fence?

9. On pages 129-144, what does Wendy tell Elisabeth about charity boxes?

10. On pages 129-144, why is Elisabeth's mother more cheerful than usual?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There are several dreams in the novel. Some Daniel dreams, and others Elisabeth dreams. What are some of these dreams? What do the dreams symbolize?

Essay Topic 2

Elisabeth loves Daniel, but has other love interests in her life. Through Elisabeth, Daniel, and other characters’ lives, what does the author reveal about different types of love?

Essay Topic 3

After the Brexit vote, why was rejoicing and there was misery? How are people and the country divided? How does Brexit symbolize division?

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