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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 Shirley's friends claim about their meetings with Johannsen?

2. What did Ambres say about God?

3. On what day in Stockholm did Shirley first see Gerry?

4. What did Johannsen do for a living?

5. In what decade was "Out on a Limb" written?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Shirley feel embarrassment over her Academy Award nomination?

2. In what way was Shirley affected when Maria's husband died?

3. Why was Shirley interested in travel?

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

5. When Gerry played in the water in Hawaii, Shirley felt sad that she was too stressed out to relax and enjoy herself. Why was she so tense?

6. Why did Shirley believe so many men thought they were a disappointment to her?

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

8. How did Edgar Cayce discover he was a medium?

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

10. When Gerry claimed to be obsessed by Shirley, what did he mean and why did it upset him?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay in support or refute of the following topic, citing examples from the text: Had there been less interference in their relationship, Shirley and Gerry would have been together for years.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Write an essay exploring the various avenues Shirley explored in her quest to understand spirituality. Choose one of the following examples from the list below.

1) Mediums.

2) Reincarnation.

3) Extraterrestrials.

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