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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. Who did Jack have an affair with many years ago?

2. How many years had Jack been married when he had an affair with Elaine Croft?

3. In "Light," how many years ago did Cindy and Tom build there house?

4. How long after Cindy's last treatment will she have a scan to check her progress?

5. Where did Louise Larkin come from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Miss Minnie, and where does Kayley visit her?

2. What does Cindy tell Mrs. Kitteridge about her sisters?

3. What special jobs does Kayley have when she cleans Mrs. Ringrose's house?

4. What news does Olive tell Christopher and how does he react?

5. Why did Jack and his wife move to Crosby?

6. Who is Denny Pelletier, and where has he worked in his lifetime?

7. What problem is there during breakfast the first morning that Christopher and his family are visiting Olive?

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

9. What were some things that became a wall in Olive's marriage to Henry?

10. What does Jack learn when he writes to Betsy's ex and tells him that Betsy has died?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Both Doyle and Dorie experience sexual abuse. How were Doyle and Dorie abused? How did the abuse affect them and how they lived their lives?

Essay Topic 2

Olive does not see her son Christopher very often. What type of relationship do Olive and Christopher have at the beginning of the story? How does his family affect their relationship? How does their relationship change in the book and why?

Essay Topic 3

Cindy is fighting cancer. Why do people avoid Cindy? Why does she have few visitors? How has Cindy’s illness caused a division between her and many of her friends?

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