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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 has been causing Timmy to fuss in Chapter 5?

2. What did Megan plan to make for Timmy for Christmas?

3. Who is Laurie?

4. How does Megan get Patrick to wake up?

5. What had Megan never done with her former lovers?

Short Essay Questions

1. What assumption do Patrick and Megan's families make about their relationship?

2. How does Megan react to "The Bridges of Madison County"?

3. How does Patrick manage to get soaked in the rain shower?

4. Why does Patrick put the animated film on the TV first?

5. What does Patrick tell Dave is the reason Megan wanted to marry him?

6. Who do Megan and Patrick make toasts to in Chapter 6?

7. What does Megan think Patrick's house would be a perfect setting for?

8. Though she has been engaged twice before, in Chapter 6 what does Megan note she has never done before?

9. Why does Patrick dismiss any possibility of living with Megan before marriage?

10. How does Timmy interrupt Megan and Pat's romantic evening, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the conclusion of the novel "Thanksgiving". How did you react to the ending? Is it predictable? Surprising?

Essay Topic 2

The novel "Thanksgiving" is written in third-person point of view, from the perspectives of Megan and Patrick. Discuss how this point of view affects the reader's understanding of the characters, as well as their motivations in the novel.

Essay Topic 3

Thanksgiving is not only the title of the book, but a central event in the novel as well. Discuss the holiday and traditions associated with Thanksgiving, and how the holiday is used to further the plot in the novel "Thanksgiving".

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