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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 Randy present as a gift to Wallace when he comes back into the room to see him?

2. What does Jen decide to do when she is sitting on the cliff and watching the sun set in the distance?

3. What does Wallace decide to drink with the kids upon his arrival home?

4. What don't people want to do with Jen anymore since she is becoming harder to deal with?

5. Wallace finds out that the tumor is _____________ when he finally receives his diagnosis.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does the doctor tells Wallace about the tumor mass that they removed from his brain during the previous surgery?

5. What begins to happen to Wallace as he starts his weekly radiation treatments, to which Jen drives him?

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

7. What is the embarrassing memory that Jen and Wallace share as they are talking about tumors and karma?

8. What is the most noticeable difference in Wallace when he is home and healing from his surgery?

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

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

In the days leading up to the surgery, it seems that a number of things are going badly in the town of Clement.

Part 1: Why do you think Lamott decided to make the town more tragic during this time?

Part 2: Do you think Jen's mood might be affecting the way she describes what happens in the town?

Part 3: How do you think the tragedies in the town might affect you if you were living there?

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