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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. Who is Jo's husband?
2. What did one particularly terrible article about Val say about her in the headline?
3. What is one reason Jo comes back to London in Part IV?
4. Who is the famous musician Jo performs with often?
5. Which of Marsha's sons did Ben have the rockiest start of their relationship with?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the old drunk man at the market say to Mike and the other Neo-Nazis?
2. Why does Jo never end up playing her music for Ricky in Part III?
3. How does Ben generally get along with Marsha's adult sons?
4. What feeling comes over Vern at the opera festival that he cannot quite place?
5. What does Mike do in Part III that horrifies Val and changes the course of her life?
6. What does the woman Val helps at her volunteering position tell Val about why she is so upset?
7. How does Alec feel about looking after his granddaughter Vicky?
8. How does Jo think of her relationship with Ricky in Part III?
9. How does Ben diffuse the tension between Marsha and Gloria in Part IV?
10. What does Jo tell Ricky she misses in Part III?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does Jo eventually move back to London, and how does her move change the course of her life? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
Who passes by the old Woolworth's building as an elderly woman, and what unusual and almost supernatural quality or characteristics does Spufford imbue the building with at that time? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
Which character or characters do you think, by the end of the novel, feel(s) most comfortable and at peace with their life's choices and direction? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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