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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. How long does Marilyn tell Nath and Hannah that she will be gone when she goes to Louisa's apartment?

2. Where do Nath and Hannah sit while Marilyn and James discuss Louisa in Chapter 10?

3. What type of vehicle did Jack drive in Chapter 7?

4. How old was Lydia when, at her father's urging, she called Pam Saunders?

5. Where was Hannah's nursery set up?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did James tell Lydia was the most important thing to remember?

2. How easy did Nath think it would be to free himself of his family?

3. What does Nath do after he and James argue in Chapter 8?

4. What did Nath do after his parents argued about James' affair in Chapter 10?

5. What had Marilyn always wanted her mother to say to her?

6. What did Hannah experience the afternoon James was gone?

7. Why did James always teach summer classes?

8. What did Nath do as he got ready to visit Harvard?

9. What did Hannah do while Nath was gone?

10. What did Lydia dream of doing when she had her license?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

James and Marilyn marry. What were each of them looking for and why did their desires put a stress on the marriage?

Essay Topic 2

Marilyn did not approve of her mother's choices in life. Why didn't Marilyn approve of her mother's choices in life and how did her disapproval of those choices affect the choices that Marilyn made in her own life?

Essay Topic 3

Lydia tried to find out how things went so wrong in her life. When did Lydia decide was the turning point where things went wrong in her life and how did she attempt to fix what was wrong?

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