Reading Comprehension and Discussion Tasks

1. Answer the questions:

1. Why did Dexter break off relations with Irene?

2. Was he upset because of popular opinion?

3. Why did Judy terminate their romance?

4. Dexter greeted the war, didn’t he? Why?

5. Who came to his New York office one day?

6. What did Delvin tell Dexter?

7. What was Dexter’s reaction to the news?

1. Discuss the following:

1. Why did Judy get married a man who “has gone to pieces in a way”, drank, ran around and was “particularly outrageous”? Why wasn’t she going to divorce?

2. “The dream was gone. Something had been taken from him”. “Long ago, long ago there was something in me, but now that thing is gone”. What is the author speaking about?

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