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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 Ellen meet Jeff after she's released from Jail?

2. What is the craft project Ellen is working on?

3. What was Ellen's role in the mock trial when she was in school?

4. Which of the following was not among the Christmas movies the family watches together?

5. What is on the cover of the book of devotionals that the man in the grocery store gives Ellen after her arrest?

Short Essay Questions

1. What changes on the day when Kate calls for Ellen to help her out of the tub?

2. What does Mrs. Forburg say about why teaching is important to her and what does she say about understanding Ellen's challenges as a student?

3. What does Jeff say about Brian's problems at college and what is Ellen's response?

4. What does Ellen do when she and Jeff go to the cemetery?

5. What is Ellen's reaction when Jeff makes fun of her for baking cookies and why does she react this way?

6. Why does Ellen ask Jules not to come to the funeral?

7. Kate begins to try to give Ellen advice about her wedding but Ellen stops her. What is Kate's reaction?

8. What does Ellen say when Jeff asks if hallucinations are a side-effect of Kate's medication?

9. Why does Ellen say that no one acknowledges the ribbons on her mother's wheelchair wheels?

10. What does Ellen say to Mrs. Duane when she says that she's been meaning to visit Kate?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the activities Ellen and Kate share during the months Ellen remains at home with Kate. Which of these are most important to Kate? Which are most important to Ellen? Why? What is the effect of these on their relationship?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Kate doesn't want to have to have Ellen's help with personal hygiene such as bathing and dressing. Explain Kate's attitude. When the time comes that Kate has to call on Ellen to help her out of the bath, Ellen does so without complaint. Why is Kate reluctant to call on her routinely after that? What does Ellen say about how their relationship would change at that point? Is she correct?

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