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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. Where are Viv and Don when he asks her to marry him?

2. How did her mentors learn that Viv was leaving school?

3. Who will teach the classes?

4. What do the women eat after the photographer leaves?

5. Where is the group gathering in this section?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Viv reconcile leaving school and getting married?

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

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

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

5. What is the setting for this section?

6. Why are the women meeting at the hospice?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Develop a character study of Him. What are his physical characteristics? What emotional hold does he hold over all the women? What does he signify in the women's lives?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Describe the overall setting for the novel. Why does Walbert use the setting she does? What is the time period of the story? How important is the time period to the attitudes and issues of the characters?

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