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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. What did Jonathan's father do for a living in New York City?
2. What is the project Kate is asked to call on a young mother about?
3. What was Ellen's class rank among her high school class?
4. What does Ellen say about the sound of her father's voice as he heads up the stairway after their argument?
5. What does Mr. Tweedy say about Ellen's announcement that she's going to her mother's?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Ellen discover that her father is having an affair?
2. What questions does Ellen ask about the organization of the book club and what does Kate respond?
3. What does Ellen say about putting the futon into her mother's home?
4. What is Kate's reaction when she first sees the wheelchair?
5. What are some of the noises Ellen hears while she's in jail?
6. What does Ellen say about the way people greeted Ellen and Kate?
7. Briefly describe the conversation that occurs when one of the women asks if George is taking time off.
8. What are Ellen's thoughts when she goes into her mother's room and sees that she's so emaciated.
9. What is Ellen's response when Dr. Cohn suggests that it's time to consider hospice or a hospital?
10. What does Ellen say she believes her role was in her parents' marriage?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Ellen tries to question Dr. Cohn alone one day but the doctor refuses to talk about Kate's cancer without Kate present. Is the doctor correct? Ellen says that she wants to know more about the progression of the disease but can't ask without her mother present. Should she have asked? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 2
Ellen and her mother are, in many ways, opposites. Compare the characters and Ellen and Kate. What are their most striking differences? Similarities? How and why do their characters change over the course of the story?
Essay Topic 3
The months spent caring for Kate changes Ellen's life dramatically. Describe the impact of those months on Ellen. Are any of the effects positive? Are any negative?
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