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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 Catherine's mother been like?

2. Who does Lois refuse to meet?

3. What is the name of Lois Bubar's hometown?

4. Where did William grow up?

5. Why does William want to go to Fort Fairfield?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who has a conversation with Lois Bubar?

2. Why did Lucy visit the dean at Chrissy's college?

3. Who does Lois Bubar refuse to meet?

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

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

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

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

8. Who is Ralph?

9. Who is Park Avenue Robbie?

10. What did Lucy do in Maine the one time she went?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay exploring Lucy and Catherine's relationship. What is the nature of this relationship? In particular, how does Lucy feel about Catherine, both before and after her death? Use examples from the text as support.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay exploring Lucy's adjustment to the world after she leaves her family to go to college, and eventually marry William and live in New York. As someone who grew up in poverty, how does she adjust to the world outside of her small home town? Is this adjustment easy or difficult for her? Use examples from the text as support.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay exploring Lucy's relationship to her daughters. What is the nature of these relationships, and how do they compare to her relationship with her own mother, or to William's relationship with his mother? Use examples from the text as support.

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