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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Daisy has taken over her husband's what?
(a) Candy shop.
(b) Book store.
(c) Newspaper column.
(d) Botany class.

2. Which of Daisy's children arrives a month after her heart attack?
(a) Alice.
(b) Warren.
(c) Joan.
(d) Beverly.

3. What did Barker die of?
(a) Brain tumor.
(b) Auto accident injuries.
(c) Liver failure.
(d) Skin cancer.

4. Daisy's ailments are listed in what order?
(a) According to seriousness of the illness.
(b) Reverse chronological order, from death back.
(c) Alphabetically.
(d) Chronologically from childhood on.

5. One of Daisy's symptoms is what?
(a) Hallucinations.
(b) Bruised skin.
(c) Vision loss.
(d) Hearing loss.

Short Answer Questions

1. Daisy alternates between being completely normal and what?

2. Who has twins in chapter 9?

3. What is Daisy's group known as?

4. What relation is Beverly to Barker?

5. Daisy has a heart attack and subsequent failure of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does Pinky play in chapter six?

2. In what negative way is the image of stone used in chapter eight?

3. What do you feel Daisy's bridge group symbolizes?

4. Describe how Alice decides to change the course of her life, in chapter seven, and what theme it continues.

5. How does stone play a role in chapter ten?

6. What is the relationship between Daisy and her daughter, Alice?

7. What seemingly strange behavior does Cuyler exhibit on the day of his death?

8. Describe what sort of attitude Daisy has and how this is shown in what she leaves behind.

9. What person's possible reason for Daisy's depression makes the most sense to you and why?

10. What is the overall feeling that you get from everyone's opinion of the source of Daisy's depression?

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