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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 Canoe's car called?

2. Which one of the girls is taken home for using profanity?

3. What do the other women do as Louise continues in the photo shoot?

4. What happened to Him when making an escape from the Center?

5. Why does the photographer return to the house?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do the women feel about their lives since giving birth to their daughters?

3. Describe the sad Christmas spent by the women at the hospice.

4. What is the setting of this section?

5. Describe the scenario of Louise's photo shoot and the reactions of the other women present.

6. What is the setting for this section?

7. How does the group meeting at the hospice end on this day?

8. Why is Viv's "beginning of the end" most significant for all the women?

9. What do the women worry about regarding Him and their daughters?

10. What do the women discuss about the properties of words and lines they read?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the symbolism of the goose eggs. How do they relate to Megan's recent suicide? How do they relate to Barbara's ambivalence as a mother? Are there any other significant meanings that the eggs add to the story?

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

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?

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