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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 is the name of Wallace's girlfriend who is living with him and with one of his children?

2. Kathleen mentions that she would like to see ____________, since Jen's brothers already have.

3. What is the name of the town in which a number of tragedies begin to take place in the time leading up to Wallace's surgery?

4. How does Jen call Kathleen when she realizes that she is not showing up for their meeting?

5. Wallace says that if he should become a vegetable that they ____________ pull the plug, according to his wishes.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens in order to wake Wallace up and to get him talking to his children in the room?

2. What are the worries that Wallace has as he begins to undergo the process of removing the problem from his body?

3. What does Sarah say is completely normal when the children walk into the hospital room?

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

5. What does Jen think about her next door neighbors, as she is walking to work one day?

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

7. Why doesn't Jen decide to tell Eric about the brain tumor that her father has been diagnosed as having?

8. Why does Jen decide that she wants to clean houses for a living, at least at this point of the story?

9. Why does Wallace decide to make up a will before he goes into surgery?

10. What happens when Jen gets really drunk after calling up Kathleen after their missed appointment?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Jen comments how she likes women who have scars on their faces since it shows they have been through something.

Part 1: Do you prefer perfection or scars? Why?

Part 2: How do you think you might react to seeing someone who had large scars on their face?

Part 3: Why do you think Jen wants to point out that she enjoys scars?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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