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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. What did Elizabeth once do for a living?

2. When Elizabeth moves in with Calvin, how many nights of the week does she agree to fix dinner?

3. In Chapter 7, what day of the week does a dog follow Elizabeth home from the deli?

4. What was the name of the librarian at the Catholic orphanage where Calvin grew up?

5. How old was Calvin Evans when he had contributed research that helped chemist Frekderick Sanger win the Nobel Prize?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Elizabeth hit a man with her handbag in an elevator in Chapter 15?

2. How is Calvin's headstone damaged?

3. What type of child is Madeline?

4. How does Elizabeth get her own TV show?

5. Why does Calvin decide to jog to work in Chapter 10?

6. How do Elizabeth and Calvin get a dog, and how does he happen to be a stray?

7. How does Elizabeth learn that she is pregnant?

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

9. How does Elizabeth go into labor and have her baby?

10. How did Calvin learn that he was adopted?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Phil Lebensmal is the executive producer at the television station. Why is he despised and why are so many people happy when he has a heart attack?

Essay Topic 2

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in the book? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters?

Essay Topic 3

Walter considers Elizabeth to be his best friend. How would you describe the relationship between Walter and Elizabeth? What does their relationship symbolize?

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