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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 stops the line-up of babies from crying?

2. What does Barbara place side-by-side in this section?

3. What happens while Louise is having her photos taken?

4. What does Judy call herself and the other hospice guests?

5. What kind of party did Canoe have when she turned 12?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the setting for this section?

2. What is the setting of this section?

3. What is the main entertainment at the birthday party?

4. What topics do the women discuss in their group meeting today?

5. How do Judy's friends integrate and make themselves welcome with the other hospice guests?

6. What is the significance of the girls flirting with the boys in the park?

7. What is Canoe's latest initiative for the women?

8. Who is the popular child-rearing expert whose advice the women closely follow?

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10. What was Viv's decision-making process about her life's direction?

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 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

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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