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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 PoundMan tell Joseph about his song?

2. In Chapter 12, what does Joseph start doing regularly at Lucy's?

3. What does Joseph tell Lucy when she asks if he thinks they should be seeing each other at all in Chapter 11?

4. Which politician does Joseph's mother really admire?

5. Who does Joseph reconnect with from his past in Chapter 8?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Joseph, Hanna and Lucy all end up in the same place for a while in Part III?

2. What is one major factor that precipitates Lucy's and Joseph's breakup in Part III?

3. What is Joseph's experience of the Shakespeare play?

4. What common interests do Lucy and Hanna discover they have, and where does this lead them to visit in Part IV?

5. What does Joseph's friend PoundMan tell him about his music track?

6. How does Joseph explain his vote on Brexit to himself?

7. What do Lucy and Joseph do almost exclusively with one another in Part III?

8. How do Joseph and Lucy react differently to the police's interaction with Joseph in Part III?

9. How does Joseph really feel about Hanna in Part III?

10. What changes in Joseph's and Lucy's relationship following the Brexit vote?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

What do you think are some of the most significant and/or honest revelations that pass between Lucy and Joseph regarding issues of race and racism? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

Given how Hornby has built and developed both Joseph's and Lucy's characters, do you think their remaining together at the end of the novel is plausible? Write an essay explaining your conclusions.

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