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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 are dream futures, as the narrator describes in chapter 12?

2. What is the Black Barn?

3. In chapter 15, what kind of shops did Tommy and Kathy initially visit in the search for her Judy Bridgewater tape?

4. Where is the recovery center where Ruth is living during her donations?

5. Why does the narrator refuse to go visit Martin while in Norfolk?

Short Essay Questions

1. In chapter 13, Rodney and Chrissie ask Ruth, Tommy, and Kathy about what type of deferment?

2. In chapter 20, who does Kathy find at the address Ruth gave to Tommy for him to seek a deferral?

3. In chapter 15, Tommy reveals to Kathy that he had been searching for what in Woolworth's?

4. In chapter 17, what changes does Kathy note about the Cottages after her rift with Ruth and Tommy?

5. In chapter 12, what fantasy does Ruth develop after learning where her possible works?

6. In chapter 16, what does Kathy tell the reader she had thought she and Tommy might do after the trip to Norfolk, but never did?

7. In chapter 21, what does Tommy tell Madame he has come to her to ask for?

8. In chapter 18, how does Kathy become Ruth's carer? How does Ruth react to this?

9. How has Kathy's life changed in the year that has passed between chapters 19 and 20?

10. In chapter 12, Rodney and Chrissie report seeing what person in Norfolk during a trip there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Ruth become obsessed with her possible that Rodney and Chrissie believe they saw in Norfolk? What does Ruth hope to see or learn from this woman? How does Ruth respond to the realization that this woman is more than likely not her possible? What does Ruth's overall interest in this woman say about who she is, what her purpose is, and how she feels about this aspect of her life?

Essay Topic 2

Why do Kathy and Tommy eventually seek out Madame? What do they learn from Madame? How did Tommy seem to know the truth about his life? What does Miss Emily say about Tommy's fits of anger and what those implied about his knowledge of his future? Why do Kathy and Tommy not attempt to run away? Why does Tommy seem accepting of his future? Is Kathy as accepting of her own future?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following in detail, citing examples from the novel to support your conclusions:

1) Character motivation

2) Character relationships

3) Character traits.

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