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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 does Kelly use to make a coffee table when the reporter came to visit in the chapter "January Kelly"?
2. Which baby says their first word during this gathering?
3. What do Kelly and her siblings decide is worse than being poor?
4. Where is Lia when she has her dream?
5. Ayinde tells the friends that she and Richard will be appearing on what television show?
Short Essay Questions
1. Lia calls her mother at the end of the "January Kelly" with the intent of asking her to meet her so she can forgive her and let her know it. How does Lia's mother turn the tables?
2. How does the interview in "January Kelly" depict Kelly's entire life?
3. How is Becky's sense of humor shown in "October Becky"?
4. What is ironic about Kelly and Steve's fight?
5. How is Lia's final dream symbolic of her improved mental state and also a promise of things to come?
6. One of the main themes of the book is forgiveness. How is that played out in "February Becky"?
7. Describe how Kelly struggles in "December Kelly" with raising the baby and working.
8. How is Mimi's self-absorption shown in "October Becky"?
9. What is symbolic about Lia mentioning that she wished she had her mother's blue coat when she is going to talk to Merrill?
10. How does the need for communication show in "February Kelly"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Of all the main characters, Becky is the character who struggles with physical appearance. She looks in the mirror and questions whether she is pregnant or just fat. Although Becky has struggled with her body image most of her life, the pregnancy really makes her draw attention to her weight. She has hoped that through the pregnancy she could relax with the weight issue, but it has not. How do this disappointment and her struggle with weight loss and body image affect her view of pregnancy?
Essay Topic 2
Having a baby brought about many changes in the friends' sense of self. Choose one of the friends and describe in detail, using examples from the story, how their sense of self changed.
Essay Topic 3
Choose the one character from Little Earthquakes that you think most resembles yourself. Explain how this character resembles you using detail and examples from the story.
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