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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. Why does Jeff enter the back door of Mrs. Forburg's house?
(a) To avoid the reporter and photographer
(b) He's trying to make Ellen laugh
(c) The carport is nearer the back door and it's raining
(d) Police are watching the front

2. What color are Ms. Duane's eyes?
(a) Brown
(b) Green
(c) Blue
(d) The book doesn't say

3. What does Teresa say about the condition of the woman with breast cancer about the same time that the woman with pancreatic cancer dies?
(a) She's denying that there's anything wrong
(b) She's in a great deal of pain
(c) She died
(d) She's in remission

4. What does Ellen say about her mother's loss of vision?
(a) That it's the result of the cancer
(b) That it's a product of too much time spent reading
(c) That it's the result of medication
(d) That she thinks her mother is just too tired to go on

5. Where is Ellen when Kate dies?
(a) Looking for her father
(b) In the room with her mother
(c) In bed
(d) In the kitchen

Short Answer Questions

1. What color are the curtains in Mrs. Forburg's kitchen?

2. Why does Jules quit her job?

3. What does Ellen wear to her grand jury appearance?

4. What kind of creature does Ellen find in the trash one night?

5. What is the group that offers to pay for Ellen's legal expenses?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the conversation Ellen and Kate have when Hally gives Kate the photo of her newborn baby?

2. Describe some of the reactions to Ellen's arrest.

3. What does Jeff say about Brian's problems at college and what is Ellen's response?

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

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

6. What changes on the day when Kate calls for Ellen to help her out of the tub?

7. What happened to ruin Kate's evening out with George?

8. Why does Ellen say that no one acknowledges the ribbons on her mother's wheelchair wheels?

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

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

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