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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 job does Frankie want to do when she is back in the U.S. with her family?
2. With whom does Frankie leave for London after she quits her job at the doctor's office?
3. After Nepal, where do Tara and her family move?
4. When Rachel's mother caught her praying one day in her youth, what did she tell Rachel not to do?
5. What is Rachel's profession?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Tara's former boyfriend, whom she dates in her 20s, tell her about money?
2. What does Tara's father, Matthew, do for a living once in Kathmandu?
3. What does Saul tell Rachel is one reason why Kirk wants them to break up after Saul is diagnosed with cancer?
4. What does Tara's friend, Tracey, make a film about and how does Tara feel about it?
5. What happens when Bud runs away from home for the first time?
6. When Frankie first meets Matthew, what does he tell her he wants to do?
7. How does Bud describe his relationship with Sally?
8. When Saul expresses that he feels hopeless and there is nothing that he wants anymore, how does Rachel counter this point?
9. After his medical treatments, what does Saul do when he arrives back home?
10. How does Rachel react to the news that her brother's boyfriend, Kirk, is making him leave his apartment?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Select 2-3 symbols from the novel and write an essay analyzing how they relate to one of the novel's major themes.
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 4, Rachel said that she "loved her brother's stubbornness." Write an essay analyzing what you think her comment meant about Saul's character in this chapter.
Essay Topic 3
Throughout Secrets of Happiness, each chapter is narrated by a different character's point of view, which lends the novel to myriad voices and perspectives. Write an essay analyzing Joan Silber's choice to structure the novel this way. How do the various points of view affect the plot of the story?
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