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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. Where do Elizabeth and Calvin share their first kiss in Chapter 4?

2. In Chapter 15, where is Elizabeth when a woman tells her that her life is about to change?

3. In Chapter 5, how long would Elizabeth and Calvin often talk after they made love?

4. Where is Calvin from?

5. What is Madeline's legal name on her birth certificate?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Elizabeth get her own TV show?

2. What does Calvin tell Elizabeth about his childhood?

3. Why does Elizabeth believe in Chapter 6, that she has never been defined by what she does?

4. What is Calvin buried in and why?

5. Who is Harriet Sloane, and how do she and Elizabeth meet?

6. What is the "Do More with Less" initiative at the police department, and how do the police cope?

7. How do Madeline's lunches her mother packs compare to other children's lunches they bring from home?

8. When do Elizabeth and Calvin meet?

9. How does Calvin get injured in Chapter 11?

10. What do Hastings management learn about Elizabeth's colleagues being able to carry on her work when they fire her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Elizabeth grieves after Calvin’s death. What stages of grief does she experience? How does she come to accept Calvin’s death?

Essay Topic 2

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How does the Garmus use idioms in Lessons in Chemistry? Why are the idioms sometimes difficult to understand? Why do the idioms often require research to understand their meaning? Why do some idioms make sense to humans, but not Six-Thirty?

Essay Topic 3

Novels can be structured and divided in different ways. How does the structure of a novel provide clarity and flow to a story? What are chapter titles? What are some purposes of chapter titles? How does Garmus use chapter titles in Lessons in Chemistry?

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