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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 gives Patty courage in "Mistakes Were Made (Conclusion)"?

2. What does her father's goodness make Patty think of?

3. Upon leaving Richard in "Mistakes Were Made (Conclusion)," where does Patty go?

4. With whom does Patty stay after leaving Richard in "Mistakes Were Made (Conclusion)"?

5. In "Mistakes Were Made (Conclusion)," Richard informs Patty that he has done what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Patty realize about herself and her siblings?

2. What does Patty do after leaving Richard? What causes her to leave there?

3. Briefly describe Joey's relationship with Connie as related in "Womanland."

4. When Richard and Walter are alone after their meeting, in "2004," what does Walter admit?

5. What questionable business dealings is Joey involved with?

6. What happens to Patty after Walter evicts her?

7. Why does Walter hate cats so much?

8. What happens to Joey's wedding ring? What does this situation teach Joey?

9. Describe Patty's relationship with her children in the years following her father's death.

10. What is Free Space?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze how Walter and Patty's relationship changes over the course of the novel.

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is a major theme of the novel. Explain how this them is developed over the course of the novel. What point does the author seem to be making about friendship?

Essay Topic 3

At the end of the first section, Merrie Paulsen comments on Walter and Patty, saying, "I don't think they've figured out yet how to live" (28). By the end of the novel, have Walter and Patty figured out this important lesson? What, exactly, have they learned about living?

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