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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 do all the guests have in common?

2. Where did the group scatter ashes?

3. Typically, Esther is a ___________________.

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

5. How were the ashes shipped to Barbara

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the metaphor of fish as the women trash around the pool.

2. Explain the symbolism of the destruction of the goose eggs.

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

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

5. What does Carmen share about the goose eggs and nest she found?

6. Describe Bambi's Breaks for Freedom.

7. Why is Megan's death particularly sad?

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

9. Who is Him?

10. Compare and contrast Walter with Him.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Develop a character study of Him. What are his physical characteristics? What emotional hold does he hold over all the women? What does he signify in the women's lives?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the taboo of homosexuality in the 1950s. Why would Viv's friends consider her ex-husband, Clark, to be less of a person because of his presumed homosexuality? How does the group of women accept the lesbian relationship of Carmen and Suzie several years later?

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