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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. How old is Denny Pelletier?

2. What degrees does Jack Kennison have?

3. How did Dorie Paige die?

4. How much money is in an envelope when Kayley leaves the Ringrose house after Mr. Ringrose sees her fondling herself?

5. In "Light," how long have Olive and Jack been married?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Kayley Callaghan?

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

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

5. How were Bernie's parents killed, and how did he get out?

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

7. What did Suzanne's therapist tell her about God?

8. What does Suzanne tell Bernie Green about an old stuffed animal she had as a child?

9. How did the Larkin house burn down, and who died in the fire?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Conflicts between characters are often caused by a problem. What are some conflicts that occur in the novel? Are the conflicts in the book mostly man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. self? Are they internal or external conflicts?

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