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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 comes to visit Jen in November, taking her out for coffee and then comes back to her cabin to make love?

2. Who decides to stay with Jen that night in order to keep her company, though he/she leaves in the morning?

3. Who is the reclusive neighbor that walks by Jen and she is afraid that he might kill her?

4. Kathleen and Jen discuss the various effects that _________ can have on a person's brain, even destroying it.

5. What is Wallace baking for the first time when Jen arrives at the house for the dinner?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the criteria that Jen has in terms of deciding whether or not to take a job that she is offered by another?

2. What does Jen decide that she needs to do in order to have more money in her life?

3. What does Jen do when she turns on the radio, trying to work out a new feeling she has about the tumor Wallace has?

4. Why doesn't Randy go to see his dad when his dad is finally being released from the hospital?

5. What begins to happen to Wallace as he starts his weekly radiation treatments, to which Jen drives him?

6. What is the exercise called where Jen lies in bed for hours on end each day, according to her conversation with Kathleen?

7. What happens on the day that Wallace is discharged from the hospital after his surgery?

8. What happens when Jen gets a phone call later in the day, inviting her to come to a party with others?

9. What do Kathleen and Jen decide to do when Wallace is going to lay down for a nap for a while?

10. What is the agreement that Jen makes with Megan before they go to see Megan's great aunt Honey?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Megan's relationship to Honey seems to be a comfortable one, one in which they see each other and hope to see each other again soon, even though Honey knows she is old.

Part 1: Why do you think Megan goes to see Honey?

Part 2: Do you think that Honey likes Jen?

Part 3: How do you think Megan's visits with Honey are helpful to the both of them?

Essay Topic 2

Visiting a loved one in the hospital is not an easy thing, and it can bring up a lot of emotions in people.

Part 1: Why do you think families and people tend to have troubles going to hospitals?

Part 2: Do you think you would have troubles going to see a loved one after surgery?

Part 3: How do you think a family might be able to make the trip to the hospital easier? Or can't they?

Essay Topic 3

The introduction of Wallace's tumor causes the story to take a turn right at the start.

Part 1: Why do you think the family reacts in the way they do?

Part 2: How do you think you would react if you hard your father had a tumor?

Part 3: Do you think there might have been a better way for the family to react?

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