References in VB.NET

Question

Somewhat unclear to me are references (pointers?) to classes in VB.NET. The question I am about to ask can be answered by a little bit of testing, but I was wondering if any

Answer 1

A reference points to an instance of an object, it is not an instance of an object. Making a copy of the directions to the object does not create another object, it creates another reference that also points to the same object.