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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 Cannie's father leave to go live with?

2. What does Cannie recall doing for a time on weekends with her siblings as children?

3. What do Cannie and Maxi talk about in the bathroom?

4. What did Cannie feel about her therapy experience?

5. Who is Lily?

Short Essay Questions

1. What support is expressed for Bruce's Moxie article in Chapter 3?

2. As a teenager, how did Cannie deal with her father's emotional absence?

3. What was significant about the summer Cannie had an internship at a newspaper?

4. What goes wrong in Cannie's interview with Jane Sloan?

5. While being kept at a distance by Bruce and his friends at the reception, what does Cannie realize is her 'in' with Bruce?

6. What analogy does Cannie make to her father being a passenger on a bus or train?

7. What is Cannie's relationship with her father?

8. Why didn't Cannie tell Samantha that she was pregnant?

9. What does Cannie's mother want her to do in Chapter 7?

10. What does Cannie say is a great place to have a breakdown, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Weiner's use of foreshadowing in "Good in Bed".

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Cannie's personal journey. Outline where she started to where she ended up and how she got there.

Essay Topic 3

What sort of relationship does Cannie have with men, and why? Compare and contrast the male relationships in Cannie's life.

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