Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing: Essays Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Lauren Hough
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 127 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing: Essays Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

Lauren Hough
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 127 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Who led the cult Hough was raised in?

2. Who was Hough's stepfather?

3. What did Hough and her siblings call the cult she was raised in as a sort of nickname?

4. What did Hough like about the fact that both her parents were in town for her trial?

5. What did Jay put as his fake name at the gay bar?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Hough think of the first room she rented in Washington D.C. with Jay?

2. How did Hough start doing illegal drugs?

3. What happened to Hough at Shaw Air Force base that changed the course of her life?

4. How did Hough feel about hitting people sometimes at Badlands in her job as a bouncer?

5. How does Hough describe her feelings after 9/11?

6. How did Hough feel about not having food security both growing up and as an adult?

7. How did "The Family" treat Hough?

8. How did Hough think of her time in the Air Force?

9. In Part II, what serendipitous event gave Hough and Jay a reprieve from their financial straits?

10. How did Hough feel when investigators showed up at her grandmother's house to question her about the torching of Hough's car?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of Hough's insights about people that she forms or learns during her years working as a "cable guy?" Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

Why does Hough think her parents and many other people were so attracted to, and then in the thrall of, David Berg's Children of God Cult? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

What are Hough's opinions about social media in general, and about how it has impacted her own life specifically? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing references to the text to help support your conclusions.

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