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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 is the ideal blood pH factor?

2. What type of Pepperidge Farm cake did Garbes like to eat when she was a child?

3. How old is Garbes in Chapter 6?

4. How long did Garbes die her hair to cover up the gray?

5. How long was Israeli choreographer and dancer Ohad Naharin the artistic director and choreographer of the Batsheva Dance Company?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do disability and aging have in common?

2. How did Garbes' father become disillusioned with managed health care?

3. How is Garbes' mother active in the lives of her children and grandchildren?

4. How are Garbes and Will different in their energy levels?

5. What is the house and neighborhood like that the Garbes' live in?

6. What does Garbes remember about getting the pantry staples for the foods they ate when she was a child?

7. Why and how did Garbes opt out of traditional beauty and body standards?

8. What exercise has Garbes found that works for her, and how long has she been doing it?

9. What does Garbes realize about her feelings of being fat when she was a youth?

10. What limits are there to verbal language, and how are explanations inadequate at times?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mood is an element that evokes feelings in readers through the use of descriptive language. Mood is the overall feeling that readers have when reading a book. What is the overall mood of Essential Labor?

Essay Topic 2

Imagery is a literary device that involves using the five senses to describe individuals, places, and things. How does Garbes use imagery to help readers visualize her world?

Essay Topic 3

In the 1500s, an explorer from Spain discovered the Philippines. How has the Philippines been colonized by first Spain and then the U.S.? How has colonialism affected the country and its people?

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