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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. How does Kelly determine that Oliver is hungry?
2. Why is Steve worried about what the doctor has said?
3. What does Kelly do when Steve offers to watch the baby while she takes a nap?
4. What does Julian do during the photo shoot?
5. What reason does Ayinde give Richard for Julian sleeping with them?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the symbolism of Mimi wearing a white dress to Becky and Andrew's wedding?
2. What constitutes Lia's inability to come to grips with her baby's death?
3. How does Lia's flight back to LA bring out the thought, "You can't go home again'?
4. How does Ayinde feel about her mother sending her the book Priscilla Prewitt's Baby Success?
5. Why does Kelly panic when she finds out that Steve wants to become a teacher?
6. When Lia tells her mother that "Something happened" her mother assures her that she cares. Lia awaits a sign that her mother cares. How does her mother show her that she cares?
7. Kelly jokes, "It takes a village to feed my child." What does this mean?
8. When Richard asks if "it's supposed to be this hard" and he answers "everything" to Ayinde. What does Richard mean by "everything"?
9. In "August Becky," what breakthroughs does Lia make with the loss of her son?
10. What is the symbolism of Lia tucking her hair under the baseball cap as she heads for the Parents Together Grief group?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
All four main characters are very different and have four very different lives with their husbands. Some women are forced to quit their jobs and stay at home with their children while the other women can go back to their careers. What are the similarities and differences among each of the four families?
Essay Topic 2
When Lia flies to Philadelphia, she leaves Sam behind, even though they love each other. Why does Lia assume her presence is hurting Sam? Where does her sense of guilt come from and how does this complicate her guilt? Why does she finally reach out to Sam?
Essay Topic 3
There were many themes throughout the story. Choose one of them and describe how it develops throughout.
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