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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. How long does Ellen plan to remain at home during her visit?
2. What does Ellen break just before preparing to leave?
3. What day does Jonathan unexpectedly drop in?
4. What is the snack Ellen makes that she says her mother frequently made for them as children?
5. What kind of soup does Kate plan to make for her lunch party?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Briefly describe the conversation that occurs when one of the women asks if George is taking time off.
3. 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?
4. What are the reactions of Brian and Jeff to their mother's appearance when they come home for Thanksgiving?
5. What does Teresa say about Kate's bathing?
6. What is Jonathan's relationship with his mother?
7. What does Ellen say about the way people greeted Ellen and Kate?
8. What is the new arrangement Dr. Cohn says she's going to make for Kate and what is Ellen's reaction?
9. What does George say when Ellen accuses him of doing nothing to help with Kate?
10. What does Ellen say about putting the futon into her mother's home?
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
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 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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