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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 the first chapter of Section 3, who does Daniel think he is sitting next to?

2. What television show is Elisabeth's mother chosen to appear on?

3. On pages 207-211, what month was it?

4. Shat was the man with the gun wearing in Daniel's story he told 13-year-old Elisabeth on a walk?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. On pages 176-172, what did Daniel say after he learned the name of Elisabeth's cat?

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

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

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. How does Elisabeth describe a boy she liked and who liked her when she was 16?

9. What was Christine Keeler doing and what did she find when she was playing with some boys?

10. How did Daniel comfort Elisabeth when she could not remember her father's face?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The novel takes place shortly after the vote in the United Kingdom to leave the European Union. What is Brexit? How does it influence characters and mood in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

How is Wendy hypocritical toward others? How does her hypocrisy cause her to treat truth as being relative? Why does that lead to moral relativism?

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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