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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. How much did the baby in #2 weigh?
2. What good news did Kelly receive after she came out of her surgery?
3. What was George's signature move?
4. After lumpectomy, Kelly could not lift her daughters or drive for what amount of time?
5. Where was Kelly living in 1999 when working on a new Internet business?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Kelly hate about going to radiation treatments and why did the technicians have to be especially careful when administering the treatments?
2. Why did Kelly and Edward meet with a genetics counselor?
3. What did Kelly do in order to learn more about her father's bladder cancer and who was the cancer doctor she wanted her father to see?
4. What Internet business did Kelly create in 1999?
5. How did Edward's lack of enthusiastic response to Kelly's new job show that he was not like her father?
6. What did it mean when George called Edward to cancel a meeting they had when Edward was in Philadelphia on business?
7. How did Kelly and Edward meet and what impressed George the most about Edward?
8. What was the state of George's cancer at the end of the book?
9. How did Kelly's parents surprise her when they said they couldn't come to California for Christmas?
10. What did Kelly learn about her diet from a nutritionist?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain Kelly Corrigan's use of regionalism in the book. Cite examples of at least two different instances of regionalism and explain why the author used them where she did.
Essay Topic 2
Explain the role of women in America in the late twentieth century. What precedents did they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions did they have? What freedoms did they have that 21st century women do not have? What roles did the women in Kelly's life fill for her? Explain.
Essay Topic 3
Explain the impact that Kelly's childhood had on her as an adult. What did it mean to be the daughter of a doting father? What stigmas did Kelly live with for her entire life? How did Kelly use her childhood experiences to help in the creation of her life's work?
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