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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. Eric and Jen have less of a romance and more of a friendship that is punctuated with ________, according to the book.

2. What does Jen learn about a week before Eric says that he will be leaving her?

3. Who is the sibling that tries to stop them from kicking and making jokes about each other?

4. How old is Jen's friend Megan, the one who sometimes stays with her at the cabin?

5. Kathleen dresses quickly in the morning so that Jen will not see _____________, it seems.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the things that happen to the people in Clement in the months leading up to Wallace's surgery?

2. What happens every Tuesday night in Jen's life, according to the story?

3. What is the living situation of Jen at the beginning of the story and how did she come upon this arrangement?

4. What has happened to all of Jen's male friends, or so she remembers when she is driving away from the hospital?

5. Why does Jen love to have Megan over to stay with her at her little home?

6. What does Megan wish that Jen would do in relation to Jen's boyfriend, Eric?

7. What does the family do in the days leading up to Wallace's surgery, trying to forget about what's to happen?

8. Where are the children living at the beginning of the story?

9. What happens when one of the Burn Outs offers to give Jen a ride to her work one day?

10. What happens with the cat when Jen is lying in bed after her drugged and drunk rage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jen doesn't tell Eric about the brain tumor because she thinks it might make him feel obligated to stay.

Part 1: Do you think Jen should have told Eric what was happening?

Part 2: How do you think Eric would have reacted to this news?

Part 3: Why do you think Eric was a person Jen didn't want to tell?

Essay Topic 2

Visiting a loved one in the hospital is not an easy thing, and it can bring up a lot of emotions in people.

Part 1: Why do you think families and people tend to have troubles going to hospitals?

Part 2: Do you think you would have troubles going to see a loved one after surgery?

Part 3: How do you think a family might be able to make the trip to the hospital easier? Or can't they?

Essay Topic 3

Jen seems to be just getting by in life, working only enough to support herself and her writing time.

Part 1: How do you feel about the character of Jen in this story?

Part 2: Why do you think Jen doesn't want to do more with her life?

Part 3: Do you think it's a good idea to simply work to create time for pleasure?

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