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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 is the project Kate is asked to call on a young mother about?
3. Where did Ellen's Gulden grandparents run a summer camp?
4. What color is Dr. Cohn's car?
5. What are the two foods on George's plate as he talks to Ellen?
Short Essay Questions
1. What questions does Ellen ask about the organization of the book club and what does Kate respond?
2. Describe Kate's role in the early days of her marriage to George.
3. What is Ellen's reaction to Jonathan's news when he calls her?
4. 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?
5. What is the "secret ingredient" Ellen adds to the chicken stock and what does her mother say about it?
6. In the prologue, what does Ellen say is the truth about her mother's death?
7. What is Ellen's father's solution to her mother's need for nursing care and what is Ellen's suggestion?
8. What are the reactions of Brian and Jeff to their mother's appearance when they come home for Thanksgiving?
9. How does Ellen discover that her father is having an affair?
10. List at least three details Ellen recalls about the hospital where her mother was given chemotherapy.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who is Jonathan? What is his relationship with Ellen? What do Jules and Kate think of him? Describe his actions over the course of Kate's illness. What is Ellen's reaction when he tells her he has an internship and wants her to live with him? What motivates this reaction? Is Ellen correct in this reaction?
Essay Topic 2
Who is Teresa? What is her role in Ellen's life? Who i s Jules? What is her role in Ellen's life? Which of the two characters is more important to Ellen? Why?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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