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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 does Temple write her master's thesis on?

2. What Biblical figure does the minister figure says symbolizes a door?

3. What do psychiatrists refer to the machine as?

4. What does Temple research in this chapter?

5. What best describes the door that Temple finds in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lorna King say in her letter to Temple?

2. How does Temple's machine help her?

3. What does Temple find out about brain surgery research in Chapter 13?

4. How can fixations be used to help an autistic child?

5. Why does Temple think she suffers from nerve attacks?

6. How does Temple get over her nerves when she goes home for Christmas?

7. How does Temple use visual images to help her in daily life?

8. How does Temple learn to stop hitting people?

9. How does Temple try and help the animals she works with in Chapter 12?

10. Describe Temple's relationship with Alfred.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Look at the structure of the book.

1) Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's ideas?

2) Examine the way Temple uses other people in the story to express her ideas.

Essay Topic 2

Temple often examines the positive aspects of her illness. What positives can Temple take from her illness? Would she have become the successful person she became without the illness?

Essay Topic 3

Choose one of the following options and discuss how Temple's illness affected that particular area in her life:

1) Education

2) Social life

3) Intimate relationships

4) Family

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