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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. Slip feels betrayed by whom, after learning about Faith and her mother?

2. When Beau tells Faith his secret, Faith leaves the restaurant and goes where?

3. Fred works counseling whom?

4. Julia decided she wanted her mother engaged after becoming what?

5. Faith and Audrey go for a ride because Audrey wants to see what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Kari finally tell Julia the truth and what happens, as a result?

2. What is Slip's attitude toward her brother Fred's transformation?

3. Describe the changes in Fred in this section of the book.

4. How does Faith actually feel about Beau's secret?

5. Julia and Kari don't speak for over a year. What finally causes them to reconcile?

6. Do you think it was right for grant's father to treat him differently, after finding out that Grant was gay?

7. How do the book club ladies rally, when Audrey and Slip fight?

8. What unusual turn does the book club meeting take, when Slip hosts it?

9. Describe the complete change in Audrey between the beginning of the book and the nineties.

10. How does Fred's presence at the book club meeting affect Slip?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Eric abuses Merit throughout the book. His abuse eventually results in a divorce and, ultimately, Merit hits him when they meet up again at their daughter's college graduation.

Part 1. Why was Eric abusive towards Merit?

Part 2. Why did Merit take Eric's abuse for as long as she did?

Part 3. Choose two conflicts between Merit and Eric and describe alternative ways that Eric and Merit could have resolved the conflict.

Essay Topic 2

Faith and her mother never have time to resolve their argument before the accident killed Faith's mother.

Part 1. Using two or more examples from the book, explain how you think the unresolved conflict with her mother affected Faith throughout the book?

Part 2. Write about a time when a friend or family member died. What do you wish you could have said to them? Did you have an unresolved conflict?

Essay Topic 3

When Beau begins to exhibit feminine qualities, Faith thinks that she can shape him into a more masculine child. Also, when Grant tells his father that he's gay, Grants father reacts badly and, essentially, disowns him. Using examples from both the book and your real life experiences, discuss how you feel about the reactions of both Faith and Grant's father. For example, do you think it's possible for parents to shape their children to be something they wouldn't naturally be and, if so, do you think it's ethical? Why or why not?

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