One True Thing Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 114 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

One True Thing Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 114 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 does Ellen break just before preparing to leave?

2. What are two of the items Ellen remembers they need at home?

3. What color is Dr. Cohn's car?

4. Where did Ellen's Gulden grandparents run a summer camp?

5. What does Kate say interrupted the conversation about sex?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Ellen's father's solution to her mother's need for nursing care and what is Ellen's suggestion?

2. What is the "secret ingredient" Ellen adds to the chicken stock and what does her mother say about it?

3. Describe the story about Ellen that appears in the Tribune.

4. What is Jonathan's relationship with his mother?

5. Briefly describe the conversation that occurs as Kate and her guests try to decide on a color scheme for decorating the Christmas trees?

6. How does Ellen discover that her father is having an affair?

7. What questions does Ellen ask about the organization of the book club and what does Kate respond?

8. What does Ellen say she believes her role was in her parents' marriage?

9. What is Ellen's response when Dr. Cohn suggests that it's time to consider hospice or a hospital?

10. Describe Ellen's brothers.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ellen's relief that her mother's suffering is over is seen by some as an admission of guilt, especially when she's able to sleep so soundly her first night in jail. Describe Ellen's reaction to her mother's death, to her arrest and to her trial. Which of the reactions is most believable? Which is least? Why doesn't Ellen tell that she believes her father gave her mother the morphine? Why doesn't her father come forward?

Essay Topic 2

Briefly explain how Ellen comes to be in jail. What is her purpose in not telling what she knows about her mother's death? What does that say about each of the characters involved?

Essay Topic 3

Ellen is scornful of her father's lack of compassion for Kate, but he says that she should remember that he is taking "the night shift." What does he mean? Should George have done more for Kate? Is Ellen underestimating the role he's playing? Support your answers with examples from the story.

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