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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 kind of plant did the author receive as a Christmas gift?

2. What movie did the author think of when she took the pregnancy test at Richard's?

3. When she went away for the weekend, what did the author want to do aside from visiting friends?

4. What was the author's job when she was pregnant?

5. Who held the author's hand at the doctor's when she got back from Hawaii?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was sleeping in the shed like for Comptia?

2. How did the author feel about the trip to Hawaii with Brandon's family?

3. What agreement did Richard and the author reach about their relationship?

4. How did the author's friends from Seattle respond to visiting her new home?

5. What did the author do at Skagit River?

6. What did that author think was the good thing about being homeless at 33?

7. What did burying the fetus make the author think of?

8. Why did Comptia's husband need to go to court?

9. What role did rose quartz have in the author's life?

10. Why was the author angry at Brandon after the miscarriage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How has trauma shaped LaPointe's life?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Richard and Brandon and their roles in LaPointe's life.

Essay Topic 3

Choose an individual within the book and produce a detailed charactered analysis. Why did LaPointe include this individual in her memoir?

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