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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. Which of the women is not present when Bambi attempts to call Remington Jackson?

2. What type of establishment is the group ending its day in?

3. How does Bambi travel to Manhattan?

4. How many oiled eggs are returned to their nests?

5. Which of the following does Gay not attribute to the demise of her marriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is especially alarming about Esther's lunch invitation on the anniversary of Walter's death?

2. What plan is Pips Phelp leading at the Club?

3. Describe the practice intervention.

4. What truth is revealed about Gay's ex-husband's homosexuality?

5. Who is Him?

6. Compare and contrast Walter with Him.

7. How do Esther's friends react to her lunch invitation?

8. Explain what most of the women share at this point in their lives.

9. What is the nature of the intervention?

10. How had Esther's relationship with Walter been different from the relationships the other women have with their husbands?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Esther is clearly different from all the other women in the group. Describe Esther's role in the story and why the author chose to insert her character, even if for just a short while, in the novel. What can the other women learn from Esther? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

OUR KIND is a classic circle of life story. What does that classification entail? Why does this novel fit into this category? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the nature of this book and why the author created it the way she did. Why did she choose to create a collection of short stories to tell the women's stories? Is it effective? How is it different from reading a regular novel? How is it the same?

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