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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. Which of the following does Annie's mother NOT do?

2. Annie comes to realize how ____________ memories are.

3. Annie's story addresses the changing role of _________________.

4. How does Annie's mother sit?

5. Annie's book makes a connection between writing and ____________________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens between Annie and her mother which is heartbreaking for Annie?

2. Explain Annie's conflicted feelings when leaving her mother at the elevator in the hospital?

3. What effect does Annie's mother's impending death have on Annie and her writing?

4. What personal identity issues does Annie have regarding her birth and the death of her sister?

5. What is the state of Annie's mother's body and how does Annie relate to it?

6. How do Annie and her sons get offended by the behavior of visitors?

7. How does Annie take care of her mother's physical needs and how does her mother's condition affect her?

8. How does Annie describe the nursing home?

9. How does Annie try to come to terms with the idea that her mother will die?

10. What is the significance of Annie's mother dying on Easter Sunday?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Does Ernaux end the book on a note of hope for herself or the continuance of her struggle to come to terms with his flawed relationship and grief for her mother? Give your perspective and two reasons to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study of Annie. What does she look like? What are her positive personality traits? What are some of her negative characteristics? What are her hopes and fears? What motivates her, if anything, at this point in her life?

Essay Topic 3

There are several events of foreshadowing in the book. Define foreshadowing. Cite at least two situations in the story that serve as foreshadowing.

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