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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 is the store Ellen says her mother loves most?
(a) A furniture store
(b) A fabric store
(c) A hardware store
(d) An antique store

2. What does Kate say she's done to cause her back to hurt?
(a) Bruised it
(b) Thrown out a disc
(c) Developed a kidney stone
(d) She says the cancer is causing the pain

3. What is happening in the dream from which Kate awakes?
(a) She is driving into fog
(b) She is watching her mother die
(c) She is falling
(d) She and Jonathan are biting each other

4. What does Ellen break just before preparing to leave?
(a) A picture frame
(b) A pitcher
(c) A glass
(d) A porcelein bell

5. What color is the apron Kate is wearing when Kate begins to make lunch?
(a) Green
(b) White
(c) Yellow
(d) Blue

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ellen cut the tag out of the dress she buys for Kate?

2. What does Ellen say is the effect of her father's affair on her parents' marriage?

3. What does Ellen compare to the hospital?

4. What are the final words George says to Ellen as he disappears up the stairway?

5. How does Ellen make the trip back to Langhorne?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Teresa say about Kate's bathing?

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

3. What is Kate's initial reaction when she discovers that Ellen is home to stay?

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

5. What does Ellen say about the way people greeted Ellen and Kate?

6. What questions does Ellen ask about the organization of the book club and what does Kate respond?

7. What is Jules' advice about Ellen's decision to stay with her mother?

8. What are some of the noises Ellen hears while she's in jail?

9. Describe Kate's role in the early days of her marriage to George.

10. What is Ellen's father's solution to her mother's need for nursing care and what is Ellen's suggestion?

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