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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. Why does Enid want a third child?

2. Which of the following does Gitanas say is currently the problem with Lithuania?

3. What subject did Ruthie Hamilton teach?

4. How is Denise related to Chip?

5. Who is Enid pregnant with in this section?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Gitanas's printout say about Lithuania?

2. Why did Enid feel jealous of her neighbors while awaiting her third child?

3. How do Caroline and Caleb gang up on Gary?

4. Why does Enid prefer Jonah to Gary's other children?

5. Why is Gary so angry when he finishes talking on the phone to his father?

6. What does Alfred think about the stock market?

7. What Caroline does that Gary say he wants back?

8. Why is Enid so impressed with Gene?

9. Why does Alfred think the blacks will destroy America?

10. Why does Enid decide it is best not to have a porthole?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Chip splitting from his girlfriend at the beginning of the book affect him? What does the way he reacted to the break up say about his feelings for her?

Essay Topic 2

What problems has Alfred had since retiring? How have his problems affected his mental health and the health of those around him?

Essay Topic 3

Examine depression.

1. What evidence is there that depression runs through the family?

2. How do the various members of the family learn to deal with their depression?

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