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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. Who was in favor of removing George's bladder?

2. Which of the following was NOT something Kelly should include a lot of in her diet?

3. How old would Kelly have been if she waited on the timeframe in #149?

4. Where did George talk Kelly into taking the baby?

5. In Chapter 21, Kelly and her family spent Christmas with _________________ in California.

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe how Edward proposed to Kelly.

2. How did Kelly's parents surprise her when they said they couldn't come to California for Christmas?

3. Why did Kelly and Edward meet with a genetics counselor?

4. What were some of the attractive reasons about the house Kelly found in the Piedmont school district near San Francisco?

5. What Internet business did Kelly create in 1999?

6. Why was Dr. Schoenberg particularly empathetic to Kelly's interest in her father's cancer treatment?

7. Why was Kelly resistant to starting estrogen therapy which would eliminate estrogen from her body?

8. What did Kelly hate about going to radiation treatments and why did the technicians have to be especially careful when administering the treatments?

9. What were Kelly's concerns about having a baby and on what day did she have her first child?

10. How did Edward's lack of enthusiastic response to Kelly's new job show that he was not like her father?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the impact that Kelly's childhood had on her as an adult. What did it mean to be the daughter of a doting father? What stigmas did Kelly live with for her entire life? How did Kelly use her childhood experiences to help in the creation of her life's work?

Essay Topic 2

Kelly used more than one iteration on the theme of disappointment. Identify at least two examples which either embody or create disappointment; then cite an example to support your answers.

Essay Topic 3

Illness takes on an almost human persona in this book. What was the source of the depiction of illness in Kelly's life? What is this literary technique called? Cite examples that support this position.

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