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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. Kari receives an invitation to whose wedding?

2. Who watches Merit in the library?

3. Slip learns she has what disease?

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

5. Wade thinks faith has what medical problem?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the major conflict after the circus?

2. Do you think it was right for Audrey to let Grant join the Angry Housewives book club?

3. Was the accident that killed Faith's mother Faith's fault?

4. How does Merit feel about the man who watches her in the library?

5. Does Mary Jo have the right attitude toward Kari and Julia?

6. Do you think that Faith handled Beau well, when Beau was crying in his room?

7. Why does the book club plan to reunite Audrey and Slip eventually succeed and how?

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

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

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

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

Confession is another main theme of the story. Choose and describe one of the following three confessions in detail. Then, explain your thoughts about the event. How did it affect the book as a whole? Do you agree with how it was handled? Why or why not?

1. Merit confesses to being abused.

2. Faith confesses to lying about her mother.

3. Kari confesses the truth about the adoption to Julia.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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