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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 does the doctor say that the lump on her body is, and Jen pretends she knew this along?

2. Who decides to come with Jen to the hospital on the day that Wallace is going to be discharged?

3. What does Jen say that she thinks her problem is, rather than admitting she has a lump?

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

5. Randy decides that he wants to dress Jen up as a _________ for her ride and he goes to find the appropriate clothing.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens on the day that Wallace is discharged from the hospital after his surgery?

2. What are the criteria that Jen has in terms of deciding whether or not to take a job that she is offered by another?

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 Jen think about the idea of scars on a person's face?

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

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

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

8. Why doesn't Randy go to see his dad when his dad is finally being released from the hospital?

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

10. What is the exercise called where Jen lies in bed for hours on end each day, according to her conversation with Kathleen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The children in the family seem to have a lot of troubles, but they are still close and loving to each other.

Part 1: Why do you think children have a hard time relating to their siblings as they grow up?

Part 2: How did you relate to your siblings as you got older? What about when you were younger?

Part 3: Can siblings be loving, even if they pick on each other?

Essay Topic 2

The town of Clement seems to be a town which has attracted a number of weirdos in its confines.

Part 1: Why do you think the town has attracted so many 'weirdos'?

Part 2: Do you agree with Jen's description that there are weird people in the town?

Part 3: What do you think this town's population has to say about the state of Jen and her weirdness?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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