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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. Where does George ask Ellen to meet him for lunch?
2. What does Ellen win for her essay on euthanasia?
3. How old is Teresa?
4. What kind of vehicle does Jeff have?
5. What is Jules' reaction to Ellen's news that she and her mother have formed a book club?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Jonathan and his father come to live in Langhorne?
2. Briefly describe the conversation that occurs when one of the women asks if George is taking time off.
3. What is the "secret ingredient" Ellen adds to the chicken stock and what does her mother say about it?
4. What is Ellen's response when Dr. Cohn suggests that it's time to consider hospice or a hospital?
5. What is Kate's initial reaction when she discovers that Ellen is home to stay?
6. Describe the story about Ellen that appears in the Tribune.
7. Describe Ellen's brothers.
8. What does Ellen say about putting the futon into her mother's home?
9. What is Ellen's father's solution to her mother's need for nursing care and what is Ellen's suggestion?
10. Describe Kate's role in the early days of her marriage to George.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
When Ellen and George have lunch together as her mother is becoming increasingly more dependent on pain medication, George says that it's time for them to begin planning Kate's funeral. Ellen says that her father asks too much of her and always has. What does Ellen mean? What is George's reaction? What does this say about their relationship?
Essay Topic 2
What is the most important scene in the book? Why? Why is that scene effective? Which is more important to that scene: the action or the setting? Why?
Essay Topic 3
What do you consider to be the main theme of this story? List at least three examples of this theme, and explain why it is important.
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