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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 does Lucy decide on the way to the cinema in Chapter 4?
2. Which friend of Emma's joins her and Lucy for dinner in Chapter 6?
3. What drug does Joseph's co-worker tell him she took that messed her up in Chapter 2?
4. Who does Joseph get in a physical fight with in Chapter 2 at Lucy's house?
5. What does Jaz do very well that Joseph realizes on their date?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are some of the qualities about Lucy that attract Joseph to her?
2. What problems does Joseph sometimes deal with in coaching youth soccer?
3. Why does Jaz leave Joseph's house angry after their date?
4. How do Al and Dylan get along with Joseph, and what common interests do they have?
5. Why does Lucy have to leave the dinner party with Michael Marwood in Part I?
6. How does Joseph feel about Emma's flirting in Part I?
7. How does Lucy handle talking about Joseph to her friends in Part II?
8. What conclusion does Lucy reach about the man she goes out on a blind date with in Part I?
9. Why does Joseph ask Lucy how she is going to vote on the Brexit referendum?
10. Why is Lucy in the process of separating from her husband Paul?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How do Joseph and Lucy each react to the Brexit vote, and how does the result of the vote affect their relationship? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
What does the Brexit vote - the lead up to the referendum, the result itself, and its aftermath - say about the United Kingdom, according to Hornby? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
What does Joseph's vote on the Brexit question reveal about his character, personality, and decision-making process? What do Lucy's friends' reaction to his revelation about his vote, much later in the novel, reveal about their characters and personalities? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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