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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 does Canoe host in this section?

2. When does Bambi begin her breaks for freedom?

3. Typically, Esther is a ___________________.

4. What do all the guests have in common?

5. Him can be characterized as a ___________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Compare and contrast Walter with Him.

2. What arrangement does Bambi make to meet Remington again?

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

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

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

6. What is Bambi's unresolved issue regarding Remington Jackson?

7. Describe the shrine-like environment in Esther's dining room.

8. Why is Megan's death particularly sad?

9. Who is Him?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who are the warriors in the chapter entitled "Warriors"? Is it immediately clear who they are? Why does the author call them by this name? What battle are they waging? Are they winning the war? Are there any characters who do not fall into the category of warriors? Explain.

Essay Topic 2

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?

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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