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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 happens on the day that Wallace is finally discharged from the hospital?

2. Who is the person who decides to drive Wallace to his radiation therapy for the next few weeks?

3. Where is Megan going to go when she has to go back to school in the fall?

4. What is NOT one of the rules that Jen has when she makes a decision to take a job or to not take a job?

5. Kathleen and Jen discuss the various effects that _________ can have on a person's brain, even destroying it.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jen tell Randy about their Uncle Colin when they are drinking and cleaning together?

2. What does Jen do when she turns on the radio, trying to work out a new feeling she has about the tumor Wallace has?

3. What is the worry that Jen has about being at parties, and what a person might ask her when she is there?

4. What does Megan think about people like Wallace who get brain tumors for no apparent reason?

5. What does Jen's father begin to do as he begins to feel better after the surgery and is healing well?

6. What does Jen think about the other people in the town that are very paranoid about their lives and their surroundings?

7. What happens to Wallace which makes the family begin to question his health again?

8. Why is Jen hurt by Kathleen's actions, even though Kathleen still doesn't want to change her plans for the night?

9. What do Kathleen and Jen decide to do when Wallace is going to lay down for a nap for a while?

10. What does Jen decide that she needs to do in order to have more money in her life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jen points out that sometimes things which seem senseless often turn out to be good in the end.

Part 1: Do you think that things in life are ever senseless?

Part 2: Why do you think something senseless might turn out to be good?

Part 3: How do you think a person might be able to make good out of a senseless situation?

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

Megan's relationship to Honey seems to be a comfortable one, one in which they see each other and hope to see each other again soon, even though Honey knows she is old.

Part 1: Why do you think Megan goes to see Honey?

Part 2: Do you think that Honey likes Jen?

Part 3: How do you think Megan's visits with Honey are helpful to the both of them?

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