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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. How old is Jim's son, Larry?

2. By what month, might trees in Crosby start to change color?

3. When Bob goes to New York after Helen dies, how long has it been since he hast been in the city?

4. What color roses are at Helen's funeral?

5. What does Ashley Munroe's boyfriend do for a living?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is known about Gloria Beach's life?

2. What challenge does Bob Burgess face with Matthew Beach's case?

3. Where was Jim when Helen died?

4. What two stories does Lucy tell Olive in Book 2, Chapter 3, and what does Olive think of the stories?

5. When and where is Gloria Beach's body found?

6. What is Helen's last request to Bob?

7. Why was the pandemic difficult for Olive Kitteridge?

8. Who was Charlene Bibber, and how did the housing crisis affect her?

9. When was the last time Matthew used the gun he has in the house?

10. How did Olive describe her parents' marriage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Colors are sometimes associated with mood. If you could assign a color to represent the mood Tell Me Everything, what color would it be? Why? Would you choose different colors to describe the mood in different sections?

Essay Topic 2

Love is a theme in Tell Me Everything. What does the novel reveal about love, connection, and the many forms of love?

Essay Topic 3

What a reader knows about events and characters is determined by the point of view in a book. What is the point of view in Tell Me Everything? How does the point of view influence what readers know about events and characters? How does it help readers connect with and understand characters?

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