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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. Which author are the women discussing today?

3. What is the creative outlet for the women?

4. Why does the photographer return to the house?

5. What is the most important thing the women think their children should have?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the girls and women do after they have had sandwiches and cake?

2. What is the setting of this section?

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

4. How did Viv sell herself out by giving in to societal norms?

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

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

9. Why are the women meeting at the hospice?

10. What is the reason for the party Canoe is hosting today?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a brief character study on Barbara. 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?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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