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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. In "Labor," what does Jack offer to buy Olive?

2. How did Cindy's youngest sister die?

3. What month is it in "Cleaning"?

4. How old is Olive's new grandbaby in "Motherless Child"?

5. What color pants does Olive wear when she visits Jack in "Labor"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who comes to Cindy's rescue when she is in the grocery store?

2. How does Olive feel when Jack greets her in the morning when she wakes in his guest room?

3. How many children does Christopher have and how old are they?

4. In "Motherless Child," when was the last time that Olive had seen her son and his family, and how was the visit?

5. Who is Kayley Callaghan?

6. What does Jack remember about his wife and his gallbladder surgery?

7. Why was Olive bored at the baby shower for Marlene Bonney's daughter?

8. How did Suzanne's father make so much money?

9. What does Christopher, Olive's son, tell her when she phones him in "Labor"?

10. What does Suzanne remember about a visit to her parents two years ago?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Both Jack and Olive have been married before. How do their previous marriages affect Jack’s and Olive’s marriage? How do their past marriages help them improve their present marriage?

Essay Topic 2

Jack and Olive both have things in their past they would change if they could. What are things that Jack and Olive would change from their pasts? Why would they change those things if they could? Why do they have regret over those things in their lives?

Essay Topic 3

Ann and Christopher are referred to as motherless children. Why are they motherless children? Are they motherless for the same reasons?

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