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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Kate name the book club she forms with Ellen?
(a) Books Together
(b) The Book Club
(c) The Gulden Girls Book Club
(d) Our Reading Together Book Club

2. What is the snack Ellen makes that she says her mother frequently made for them as children?
(a) Chocolate chip cookies
(b) Strawberry shortcake
(c) Cinnamon toast
(d) Rice Crispy treats

3. When does Kate say she and Ellen had a talk about sex?
(a) They never did
(b) When Ellen was eleven
(c) When Elen was thirteen
(d) When Ellen went to her first school dance

4. What are the limits Dr. Cohn puts on Kate's activities?
(a) There are no limits
(b) No ladders or staple guns
(c) Nothing that requires that she drive
(d) Anything that doesn't require too much energy

5. What does Teresa say is wrong with the mother of the little girl who tells her jokes?
(a) She has diabetes
(b) She has leukemia
(c) She has heart trouble
(d) She has breast cancer

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Ellen's class rank among her high school class?

2. How long does Ellen plan to remain at home during her visit?

3. What does Kate say Ellen would do as a child while she cooked?

4. Which of the following was not one of the first books Kate and Ellen buy for their book club?

5. What is the store Ellen says her mother loves most?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ellen say she believes her role was in her parents' marriage?

2. What is Jonathan's relationship with his mother?

3. What is the difference between the bedtime songs sang by Ellen's mother and those of her father, and what is their effect on Ellen?

4. What is Ellen's response when Dr. Cohn suggests that it's time to consider hospice or a hospital?

5. In the prologue, what does Ellen say is the truth about her mother's death?

6. Briefly describe the conversation that occurs as Kate and her guests try to decide on a color scheme for decorating the Christmas trees?

7. What is Ellen's reaction to Jonathan's news when he calls her?

8. What does Ellen say about putting the futon into her mother's home?

9. What does Ellen expect she'll find with regard to her mother's physical condition and what does she actually find?

10. What does George say when Ellen accuses him of doing nothing to help with Kate?

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