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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. When William is in the psychiatric unit after his attempted suicide, how often does he meet with his doctor?

2. Where does Cecelia buy a broken-down house?

3. How long after Emeline leaves does Professor Cooper ask Julia to sit in on a meeting and take notes?

4. How long after Emeline leaves does Julia take an initial meeting with a new client?

5. When William is pulled from Lake Michigan, how long has it been since he and Sylvia had their conversation that night at the bench?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Julia live when she first goes to New York with Alice?

2. In 1993, what is Sylvie doing?

3. How does Julia think going to New York will solve or delay her problems?

4. What schedule do Julia and Alice follow when Alice is five?

5. Why does Kent think they need to look for William after he tells Julia their marriage is over and he leaves?

6. What does Julia tell Alice about her father when Alice is five, and how does it affect Alice?

7. How do the twins react when Sylvie tells them she and William love one another?

8. What does Julia decide to do when Professor Cooper says he is going to take a six-month project in New York?

9. What does William tell Sylvie about Bill Walton when she asks about him?

10. What health issues does Sylvie have in 2008?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How are idioms used in Hello Beautiful when relating conversations? How do idioms help create word pictures and mental images for readers in a concise manner? How do idioms help readers understand people, emotions, events, or ideas?

Essay Topic 2

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 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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