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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 George finally confessed her transgression to her mother, she said she had been keeping the secret for what length of time?
2. The second time H visits George's house, they go together to what kind of establishment to talk?
3. The third time H visits George's home, George is caught unawares in which room in the house?
4. What objects had George's mother liked to keep until a particular Subvert project was done?
5. What word did George look up when she grabbed her mother's dictionary from her office shelf?
Short Essay Questions
1. For what reason is George unable to find out what songs her mother had danced to during her morning ritual?
2. How did George's mother react to George's confession about Lisa?
3. What had been George's family's New Year's Eve ritual and which members of the family had participated?
4. Describe the conversation George has with Mrs. Rock about her mother's criticism of a certain politician.
5. What is the significance of Saint Catherine within the narrative?
6. What element of language does George come to see differently after her mother's death?
7. In what ritual does George begin to engage while sitting in her garden each day?
8. What is the main method George's father uses to cope with the trauma of losing his wife?
9. What irony does George note about her father's profession?
10. Discuss an instance when Smith injects humor into a memory George has of her late mother.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss Smith’s messages about guilt and responsibility within How to Be Both. Focus especially on elements such as George’s guilt about the secret action she had taken to separate her mother from her friend Lisa.
Essay Topic 2
What message does Smith send within the pages of How to Be Both concerning the effectiveness of different methods used to deal with grief?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Smith’s use of metaphor, simile, imagery, and other literary devices as a means to send particular thematic messages within the narrative of How to Be Both.
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