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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which description does Dexter not think of for Irene?

2. What does Devlin say Judy was when he first met her?

3. For how long is it said that Dexter will continue to love Judy?

4. Who does Devlin say Judy married?

5. When Dexter rests on his lounge after Devlin leaves his office, what does he see through the window?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Winter Dreams is about Dexter and the dreams he has during the long Minnesota winters.

1. How does Dexter's early dreams influence events that occur at the end of the story?

2. How do Dexter's fantasies about beating the men on the golf course relate to his life?

3. What happens to Dexter's world when he realizes that something he thought was eternal - Judy's beauty - has faded?

Essay Topic 2

Dexter is offered a free ride to a local State university, but he turns it down to head east to an older, more prestigious university.

1. How would Dexter's life have been different if he had gone to the State university? Would he still have been successful at business?

2. How would his life had stayed the same? Would he still have a shot with Judy?

3. What does Dexter learn in college that most affects the rest of his life?

Essay Topic 3

At several points in this story, the plot seems to be pushed by coincidences.

1. Dexter and Judy often end up at the same dances, why did they meet in the obscure way they did on the open lake at night--instead of a more reasonable location like a dance?

2. Dexter learns of Judy's fading beauty from a man from Detroit. What is taken from the story if Dexter were to learn his information from someone in Black Bear?

3. Had these two events taken place differently, could the story have reached the same conclusion? Why or why not?

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