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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 does Alice tell Daphne about preparing for bad things that might happen?
2. What is Daphne’s mindset when she finds she has packed up the whole house in preparation for departure?
3. How long ago did Alice’s husband die?
4. How does Daphne find Alice when she gets back to Camp Cooville?
5. How long does Alice say she was married before her husband died?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Daphne say that it would be impossible for her to work from Altavista?
2. What does Daphne say when Alice asks her why she is AWOL from her job?
3. What stories does Alice give Daphne, to explain her husband’s death?
4. How does Alice explain the death of her children?
5. What is Daphne thinking about when she has a smoke on her sixth day, which is now Monday morning?
6. What crisis do Daphne’s coworkers contact her about, and how does she resolve it?
7. What kind of child-care arrangements does Alice say she and her husband had made?
8. How do Daphne and Alice end up joining forces for the trip to Camp Cooville?
9. What are the issues that are aired during the board of supervisors meeting?
10. What does Daphne find when she finally makes it back to the camp?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an evaluative review of The Golden State. What is this book’s place in our culture? Who will find this book most useful? What are its uses? What are its limitations?
Essay Topic 2
Why is it hard to talk to people who have been through extremely hard trials? What is it that makes conversation tricky? What are the unspoken assumptions and fears that threaten to stifle conversation? What are some strategies a person could use, to carry on conversation that respects the suffering without inflaming it?
Essay Topic 3
What does The Golden State do for the reader? What anxiety does it address, and does it offer a meaningful catharsis or epiphany for the reader to follow or be enlightened by? Put another way: what questions of yours does The Golden State resonate with, and do you find that you have more equipment for handling those questions, now that you have read the book?
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