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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. What question does Raymond work up the nerve to ask Eleanor after the funeral?
2. What does Eleanor observe during lunch that both bothers and brings her joy?
3. Why does Eleanor sing the hymns so loudly at the funeral?
4. What does Eleanor tell Raymond and his mother that she used to long for?
5. Where does Eleanor go after her first therapy session ends?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Maria tell Eleanor to forgive herself?
2. What happens the day of the musician’s big show that leads Eleanor to believe it was a bad omen and why?
3. What does Eleanor say about therapy and her healing at the end of the novel?
4. What does Eleanor say to Maria in a moment of anger?
5. What is the signficance of Eleanor saying she is "fine" at the end of the novel?
6. How does Eleanor first react to her therapist, Maria Temple, and does her reaction change?
7. How does Eleanor react to hearing Maria say that all people have emotional needs that must be met?
8. What does Eleanor call her mother when speaking to Raymond at the end of the novel, and why does she use this term?
9. In what ways does Eleanor seem like a stronger person by the end of the novel?
10. What does Eleanor discover about her mother and why is this news important?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Every Wednesday Eleanor would talk with her dead mother. Analyze whether Eleanor knew her mother was dead or not for all those years. How does this information affect the reader’s ability to empathize with Eleanor?
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing Eleanor’s relationship with her cat Glen. What important lessons and skills does she learn from Glen? What impact does Glen have on her life?
Essay Topic 3
The story is told entirely from Eleanor’s perspective. Analyze the author’s choice to tell the story from Eleanor’s point of view. How does viewing the events from Eleanor’s point of view affect the plot?
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