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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 is the name of the medication that the doctor gives Enid?

2. Where did Brian meet Denise?

3. Who does Denise start having an affair with towards the end of this section?

4. What is the first European city Denise arrives at?

5. What is the name of the restaurant that Denise works at?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Denise's time at Skidmore College.

2. How did Robin become friends with the Flamberg family?

3. What does this section express about Gary's relationship with his father?

4. What does Enid like about the doctor?

5. What does Denise tell Chip in her emails?

6. Why does Chip enjoy life so much in Lithuania?

7. What problems does Albert have in this section?

8. How does Denise become attracted to Robin?

9. How does Denise agree to help Brian?

10. How does Denise get fired from her job at the generator?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What pressure have Enid and Alfred put on their children? How have their children coped with the pressure? What suggestions are there that Alfred's death releases some of the pressure the children feel to succeed?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Look at the generation gap between younger and the older characters. What different experiences did both generations go through? What problems is the generation gap causing the relationships between the characters?

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