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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 Kate say she's done to cause her back to hurt?
2. How many windows are in the room where Kate receives her chemotherapy treatment?
3. What color is Ellen's room?
4. How many trees do the Minnies decorate each year?
5. What is the first name of the psychiatrist Dr. Cohn recommends Ellen call on?
Short Essay Questions
1. Briefly describe the conversation that occurs as Kate and her guests try to decide on a color scheme for decorating the Christmas trees?
2. What are Ellen's thoughts when she goes into her mother's room and sees that she's so emaciated.
3. Describe the story about Ellen that appears in the Tribune.
4. Why does Kate say she prefers to do things from scratch rather than buying them, such as buying canned chicken broth? What is Ellen's response?
5. What is Ellen's reaction to Jonathan's news when he calls her?
6. 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?
7. What are some of the noises Ellen hears while she's in jail?
8. Briefly describe the conversation that occurs when one of the women asks if George is taking time off.
9. What does Ellen say about the way people greeted Ellen and Kate?
10. What is Ellen's father's solution to her mother's need for nursing care and what is Ellen's suggestion?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who is it that comes to Ellen's rescue after Ellen's arrest? What is her role in Ellen's life? Why does she take on this new role after Ellen's arrest? What are the repercussions and are they justified?
Essay Topic 2
Ellen's relief that her mother's suffering is over is seen by some as an admission of guilt, especially when she's able to sleep so soundly her first night in jail. Describe Ellen's reaction to her mother's death, to her arrest and to her trial. Which of the reactions is most believable? Which is least? Why doesn't Ellen tell that she believes her father gave her mother the morphine? Why doesn't her father come forward?
Essay Topic 3
Ellen and her father clash over his insistence that she remain at home with her mother. Describe the arguments of each. Are their arguments valid? Why or why not? What were the possible alternatives? George says Ellen being at home is the only acceptable option. Was he correct? Why or why not?
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