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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 did Gerry and Shirley do the night she came to visit him for the convention?

2. What was the name of Johannsen's wife?

3. What excuse did Gerry give his aides in order to spend time with Shirley?

4. In Stockholm, Shirley realized that Gerry needed to have what?

5. Shirley MacLaine refers to her father as a closet what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Shirley spend time thinking about writing as a method that cleared her father's depression?

2. How did Shirley become interested in the spiritual journeys her friends were taking?

3. Shirley used her first professional paycheck to build an apartment. What does this tell the reader about Shirley?

4. Why did David take Shirley to the Bodhi Tree bookstore?

5. What did Shirley's feelings about her Academy Award nomination imply about her personal sense of importance?

6. What did Shirley admire about her friend, David?

7. Why did Shirley want proof that a spiritual plane existed?

8. What was the process Johannsen took to invoke the spirit Ambres and what did the spirit speak on?

9. What was the issue that caused a problem between Shirley and Gerry in Stockholm?

10. What effect did Shirley's friends claim the visits to Johannsen had had on their lives?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jesus was a figure that was mentioned frequently throughout "Out on a Limb". Write an essay examining the theories involving Jesus that were mentioned in the text.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in support or refute of the following topic, citing examples from the text: Shirley believed Kevin regarding the past lives she had lived.

Essay Topic 3

Shirley was attracted to the idea of reincarnation.

1) What is reincarnation and its purpose?

2) Why did the idea attract Shirley?

3) What actions did she take to explore the idea of past lives?

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