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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. Who is discovered to be naked and crouching in the maid's room of her house?

2. Who is Canoe's current pool boy?

3. Where does the group gather to eat brunch on the day Bambi is to meet Remington Jackson?

4. What food do the guests eat at the party?

5. What do all the guests have in common?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Bambi's Breaks for Freedom.

2. Describe the scenario of the failed intervention attempt.

3. Describe the practice intervention.

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

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

6. Compare and contrast Him and Pips Phelp.

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast Him with Pips Phelp. What are their roles within the group of women? What is the trust factor with the women? What are the reasons the women love each of these men who are so dramatically different?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the significance of the novel's title. What did the author mean by giving her book this title? Does it imply exclusivity or ostracizing? Do the women feel proud to be one of "our kind"?

Essay Topic 3

In "Intervention" the author writes, "We have seen a lot, it's true, but know so little. How were we to learn? Years ago we were led down the primrose lane, then abandoned somewhere near the carp pond. Suffice it to say there is little nourishment here and the carp have grown strange cancers. When we look in their pond we see them beneath our own watery faces." What does the author want the reader to take away from these statements? What is your interpretation of the statements? Explain.

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