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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 family members go to Sylvie's college graduation?
2. What color dress does Sylvie wear as matron of honor at Julia's wedding?
3. How long does Sylvie allow the boys to kiss her in the library?
4. How long did Sylvie skip her math and chemistry classes when she was in high school?
5. In 1982, how many surgeries does William need to have when his knee has to be reconstructed?
Short Essay Questions
1. What thoughts does William have after he lets Julia read his book?
2. Where does Sylvie sleep during the three-month gap between when she stops sleeping at William and Julia's apartment and when she got her own place?
3. How does William start missing classes?
4. What does William do when Julia finds out he has been missing classes?
5. What does Sylvie learn about Cecelia on Julia's wedding day?
6. After Charlie dies, what is the last conversation Sylvie remembers having with him?
7. In 1982, why does William have to quit playing basketball?
8. What is said about Charlie during his wake?
9. What announcement does Rose make after Charlie's funeral?
10. Why does William not want to move into a larger apartment before the baby is born?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Alice and Julia have one another and very few other people. How would you describe the relationship between Julia and Alice? How does that relationship affect Alice and the influence the type of person she becomes?
Essay Topic 2
Sylvie feels that her mother does not like her as much as she likes her siblings. How would you describe the relationship between Sylvie and her mother? Why are Sylvie and her mother not close?
Essay Topic 3
What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view of Hello Beautiful? How does the way that the third-person narrator follows different characters influence what readers know about events and characters? How does having the narrator follow different characters help readers connect with and understand characters?
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