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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 food does William make for Julia and her sisters when they get together to discuss their mother moving?
2. Where do the sisters gather after their mother says she is moving?
3. How tall is William when he finishes high school?
4. Who drives Julia to the hospital to have her baby after Rose leaves?
5. What year does William's book about basketball begin?
Short Essay Questions
1. In 1982, why does William have to quit playing basketball?
2. After Sylvie has to drop out of college, how is she able to reenroll?
3. What does Julia realize about the way she convinced William to go to graduate school?
4. How do William and Julia meet?
5. Where does Sylvie work and what does she like about working there?
6. 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?
7. What are meals like at the Padavano home, and what do they serve William when he comes to dinner for the first time?
8. What does Sylvie learn about Cecelia on Julia's wedding day?
9. What does William receive from his father when he is in the hospital recuperating from his knee injury in 1982?
10. How does William start missing classes?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
William has friends, especially Kent, who are there for him when he has struggles in his life. Who are some of the friends in William’s life? Why are they important in his life?
Essay Topic 2
Colors are sometimes associated with mood. If you could assign a color to represent the mood in Hello Beautiful, what color would it be? Why? Would you choose different colors to describe the mood in different sections?
Essay Topic 3
Alice grows up alone with Julia without extended family. Izzy grows up in a busy household and develops strong relationships with her aunts and their partners. How does the way that the women grow up affect the type of women they become?
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