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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Canoe notes that ___________ are especially frightened by the hounds.
(a) children
(b) rabbits
(c) geese
(d) squirrels

2. How old are the daughters of the women in the group?
(a) 18
(b) 10
(c) 12
(d) 15

3. Viv allows herself to muse silently about ___________________ and Cilla Whitney.
(a) Randy Dinsmore
(b) James Dennison
(c) Professor Ditmer
(d) Professor Dipple

4. Where does Barbara hire the photographer?
(a) Olan Mills
(b) Sears
(c) Little Cherubs
(d) The Stone Barn

5. Which author are the women discussing today?
(a) F. Scott Fitzgerald
(b) Virginia Woolf
(c) Ernest Hemingway
(d) William Saroyan

Short Answer Questions

1. With all the women, the beginning of the end came ____________________________.

2. What does Gay gather during the foxhunt?

3. What does Canoe bring to the craft session?

4. Which of the women is pregnant and arrives after the photographer leaves?

5. What does Canoe serve that the women and girls devour?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the women meeting at the hospice?

2. What is the setting of this section?

3. What do the women mean about the beginning of the end?

4. What is the significance of the girls flirting with the boys in the park?

5. How do Judy's friends integrate and make themselves welcome with the other hospice guests?

6. What is the reason for the party Canoe is hosting today?

7. What is Canoe's latest initiative for the women?

8. What is the setting for this section?

9. How did Viv sell herself out by giving in to societal norms?

10. How does the author exhibit the circle of life in this section?

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