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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's profession?

2. Who is the attorney who will help in the intervention?

3. What do Carmen and Suzie do at the party?

4. Who was Barbara's daughter?

5. What do the women call the point when their personal relationships take a turn for the worse?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the nature of the party that Canoe hosts in this section?

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

4. Why is Megan's death particularly sad?

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

6. What had the women done today that made it such a sad one?

7. What are the circumstances of Bambi's Break for Freedom from Remington all these years later?

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

9. Where do the women end their day in this section?

10. Describe the scenario of the failed intervention attempt.

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

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 3

Create a brief character study on Esther. What does she look like? What are her positive personality traits? What are some of her negative characteristics? What are her hopes and fears? What motivates her--if anything--at this point in her life?

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