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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. Where does Ellen spend the night after Kate asks Ellen to help end her suffering?
(a) In a chair in the den
(b) In jail
(c) In her room
(d) On the bed beside her mother

2. What was the sampler on the wall of the Gulden dining room?
(a) A still life of wine and fruit
(b) The scene from the Last Supper
(c) A field of sunflowers
(d) A family tree

3. What is the view Kate has from her hospital bed?
(a) The back yard
(b) The street
(c) There isn't a view
(d) The driveway and the house next door

4. What does Teresa say happened to her mother?
(a) She died of cancer
(b) She died in childbirth
(c) She was hit by a cab
(d) She had cancer but it is in remission

5. What movie does Ellen watch the evening she's home alone?
(a) Home Alone II
(b) American Pie
(c) All About Eve
(d) True Lies

Short Answer Questions

1. What is on the cover of the book of devotionals that the man in the grocery store gives Ellen after her arrest?

2. What does the little girl named Hettie say to Kate?

3. Where is Ellen when Kate dies?

4. What does Kate say is the key to decorating the tree in the park?

5. How long does it take to decorate their tree?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Ellen's reaction when Jeff makes fun of her for baking cookies and why does she react this way?

2. What does Teresa say when Ellen asks if she's curious as to why George is never home?

3. Why does Ellen ask Jules not to come to the funeral?

4. Describe the scene in which George is feeding Kate rice pudding. What does Ellen believe is happening?

5. What does Ellen do when she and Jeff go to the cemetery?

6. What is the memory Ellen has about a tree lighting event the first year her mother was one of the Minnies?

7. What is Ellen doing that causes the newspaper stories to say that Ellen was "fleeing?"

8. What does Ellen say when Jeff asks if hallucinations are a side-effect of Kate's medication?

9. Where does Jeff get the money for Ellen's legal defense?

10. Who is Chris and what happens between Chris and Ellen?

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