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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 does Ellen win for her essay on euthanasia?
2. What is Kate's response to the opinion that her cancer might have been caused by her work in the dry cleaning shop?
3. What does Ellen say her mother does the day after their marriage?
4. What color do the Minnies decide they'll use to decorate their trees?
5. What color is Kate's hair?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Ellen say tips her off to the fact that Jules has been talking to her mother and what does that say about the relationship between Jules and her mother?
2. What does Ellen say about the way people greeted Ellen and Kate?
3. What questions does Ellen ask about the organization of the book club and what does Kate respond?
4. List at least three details Ellen recalls about the hospital where her mother was given chemotherapy.
5. What is Jonathan's relationship with his mother?
6. What are some of the noises Ellen hears while she's in jail?
7. What does Ellen say she believes her role was in her parents' marriage?
8. What is the new arrangement Dr. Cohn says she's going to make for Kate and what is Ellen's reaction?
9. Describe Ellen's brothers.
10. What are the reactions of Brian and Jeff to their mother's appearance when they come home for Thanksgiving?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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
Ellen is scornful of her father's lack of compassion for Kate, but he says that she should remember that he is taking "the night shift." What does he mean? Should George have done more for Kate? Is Ellen underestimating the role he's playing? Support your answers with examples from the story.
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