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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 had caused trouble in Catherine's second marriage?

2. What does Lucy notice about William's khakis at the airport?

3. Who had an eating disorder when they were in college?

4. Who came to visit Lois when she was an adult?

5. Why did Lucy take a class at the New School?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the one happy memory Lucy has of her father?

2. Who raised Lois Bubar?

3. What storybook characters did Lucy used to imagine herself and William as?

4. Why does Lucy take a class at the New School?

5. Why did Catherine get furious at Lucy when she was dying?

6. Who hired a private investigator to find Lois Bubar?

7. How does Lucy feel when she and William arrive in Bangor, Maine?

8. Who does Lois Bubar refuse to meet?

9. What did the kids at school call William when he was a child?

10. Which of Lucy's children had an eating disorder?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring Lucy and David's relationship. What was the nature of this relationship, and how did it impact Lucy as a person? How was Lucy and David's marriage different to Lucy's marriage to William? Use examples from the text as support.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring the overwhelming guilt Lucy feels about certain decisions she made in her life (like leaving home, divorcing William, etc.) How does she cope with this guilt, and why does she feel guilty in the first place? Use examples from the text as support.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring William's family history. What does he learn about his family that he did not know until consulting an ancestry website? How does this information impact him? Is the impact largely positive or negative? Use examples from the text as support.

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