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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. Who did Renee to for help when it felt like everyone was falling apart?

2. How did Jo respond to her talks with Gordon?

3. What did Gordon teach Rusty over the summer?

4. How did the Flock decide to help Jo?

5. What problem was Lynn having with Josie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened between Steve and the Flock when he came home from his time away?

2. When would Rusty come out to Ray?

3. What was happening with the marriage plans between Renee and Steve?

4. What type of relationships was Joan drawn to, and what was pivotal about her surviving them?

5. What happened to Rusty at the boat dock at Thanksgiving?

6. How did the personalities of Jo and Renee react to Gordon's assistance in therapy?

7. What was the relationship between Rusty and Gordon?

8. Things were moving pretty smoothly until Renee went back to visit Richmond. Explain what happened during her visit there.

9. By Christmas of 1984, several of the personalities were merging. What was Lynn concerned about?

10. What was the relationship between Lynn and Renee like the summer after the first year of graduate school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Joan Frances become such a pivotal piece of the final merging of the Flock?

Essay Topic 2

How did things line up for an optimal counseling situation for Lynn and Renee? What was happening in Lynn's life that enabled her to spend all the necessary time with Renee?

Essay Topic 3

The summer before Renee left for graduate school was a pivotal summer in strengthening the Flock. Describe in detail what happened to the Flock that summer.

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