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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 much money did Elaine Croft receive in her sexual harrassment suit?

2. When Jack and Olive went to Oslo, what did Olive have to eat on the flight home?

3. What did Jack use to make on the weekends when Cassie was a girl?

4. What nationality was the woman who watched Olive when she was little and her mother was teaching school?

5. What is the name of the restaurant where Jack and Olive eat in Shirley Falls?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the house look like where Henry grew up in Shirley Falls?

2. What does the park look like in "The End of Civil War Days" and how is it different from when Fergus was a kid?

3. What does Olive do when Jack awakes at the end of "Pedicure" and does not know where he is?

4. What does Fergus do during Civil War Days in the park in Crosby?

5. What is the main issue with the way that Fergus and Ethel live?

6. What does Olive learn about Betty when she comes to visit?

7. What did Jack tell Olive when they flew to Oslo, and she refused to fly first class?

8. Where is Halima from and how many siblings does she have?

9. Who does Jack see when he is in Shirley Falls with Olive, and what is that person doing there?

10. What does Andrea say about meeting the president of the United States?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Olive sees her former student Andrea at a restaurant. Why does Olive speak to Andrea? In what way are both women facing loneliness? How do they cope with their loneliness?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Olive feels ancient at 82. Why does Olive feel old? What advantages of being old does she realizes there are? Why does she find being old freeing?

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