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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 has twins in chapter 9?

2. Cuyler remembers building the monument to Mercy, but spends the day of his death trying to remember what?

3. Daisy comes to terms with her death by imagining herself turning to what?

4. Daisy will be taking her first trip to Europe since what?

5. How many people are in Daisy's group that she plays with?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changes about the way Daisy handles her own mental state in chapter seven?

2. How does Daisy react to losing her job?

3. Describe the change of focus in chapter six.

4. What is the relationship between Daisy and Jay Dudley?

5. Why do you think Daisy changed her mind and took Beverly in?

6. How does stone play a role in chapter ten?

7. Describe what sort of attitude Daisy has and how this is shown in what she leaves behind.

8. Does Daisy seem comfortable with her life when she is in her early 70s?

9. How does Daisy seem to feel about dying?

10. In chapter nine, it seems like everyone is married and has children. What is the symbolism of that?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Part 1: Choose and explain in detail at least three places in the story where stone was used to symbolize something positive.

Part 2: Choose and explain in detail at least three places in the story where stone was used to symbolize something negative.

Part 3: What do you think the author was trying to accomplish by using the over all symbolism of stone throughout the story?

Essay Topic 2

Part 1: Using several examples from the story, as well as from your own life, choose the character in the book that you can identify with the most and explain why.

Part 2: Explain how you think the story would be different if the character you chose that you identify most with was no longer in the story. Be sure to mention at least two specific parts of the book that would be affected by that character's absence.

Essay Topic 3

Daisy had very bad luck with both relatives and friends in the book. People seemed to die or somehow abandon her for her entire life. Do you feel that Daisy had any clear allies on her side throughout the book? If so, who? If not, do you feel that, had she had an ally, anything would have changed in her life?

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