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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. Faith takes Aubrey to her home town where?

2. Wade takes Faith out to dinner and Faith tells him a story about her childhood that leaves him angry with whom?

3. Later, after Audrey sneaks into Slip's yard in the dark, what does she build, intended as a gesture of peace?

4. Slip is treated with what?

5. Slip learns she has what disease?

Short Essay Questions

1. Do you feel that it was right for Kari to be so attached to her dog and so upset that it died?

2. What is Audrey's attitude about her divorce?

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

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

5. How does the relationship between Eric and Merit come full-circle at Reni's college graduation?

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

7. How does Faith initially react to hearing that Beau is gay and that Shelby is a man?

8. What is the major conflict after the circus?

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

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

Faith lies to her friends about her past throughout the book.

Part 1. Why does Faith feel compelled to lie?

Part 2. Why does Faith finally feel compelled to tell the truth?

Part 3. Write about a time when you lied to someone and eventually told them the truth. What were the consequences?

Essay Topic 2

Many characters in the story feel ashamed or guilty about their actions at various points.

Part 1. Choose a character and write about a situation where you feel that character was right to feel ashamed or guilty and why.

Part 2. Choose a character and write about a situation where you feel that character was wrong to feel ashamed or guilty and why.

Essay Topic 3

Kari takes some heat when she adopts Julia because Julia is of mixed race. Using at least three hundred words, describe your thoughts about Julia's race and about race in general. For example, do you feel that any race is inferior to any other race? Why or why not? Also, how would you handle the harassment from others, if you were Julia or Kari?

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