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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 is Bambi attempting to locate at midnight?

2. What is the name of Esther's dead husband?

3. What kind of shoes does Esther wear to greet her guests?

4. What did Clark call Gay soon after their wedding?

5. Who is Canoe's current pool boy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What experience does Canoe share regarding marrying in order to avoid spinsterhood?

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

3. What does Him symbolize for the women?

4. What is the group doing at Bambi's house?

5. Why is Megan's death particularly sad?

6. What is the nature of the intervention?

7. How does Esther Curran manage in the years since her husband, Walter's, death?

8. Describe the scenario of the failed intervention attempt.

9. Describe Bambi's Breaks for Freedom.

10. What is the story that Canoe shares about Teddy Roosevelt?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the metaphor of the foxhunt. What do the hounds represent? What does the mechanical fox represent? Why did the author choose to insert this scene into the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the role of married women in the 1950s when the women in the novel are beginning their married lives. What precedents do they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions do the have? What freedoms did they have that 21st century women do not have?

Essay Topic 3

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

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