The Year of Magical Thinking Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 127 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Year of Magical Thinking Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 127 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the date of John and Joan's wedding?
(a) January 30, 1964.
(b) June 29, 1964.
(c) March 15, 1965.
(d) April 12, 1965.

2. What did Joan wear to her wedding?
(a) A long white dress.
(b) A cream colored dress.
(c) A white suit.
(d) A short white silk dress.

3. How old was Joan's mother when she was near death?
(a) 90 years old.
(b) 96 years old.
(c) 84 years old.
(d) 78 years old.

4. What day was Quintana taken to the hospital emergency room toward the end of 2003?
(a) November 30.
(b) November 15.
(c) December 18.
(d) December 25.

5. What book did Joan read that made her realize the significance of things she was told about Quintana's condition in California?
(a) The Art of Aging.
(b) How We Live.
(c) The Soul of Medicine.
(d) How We Die.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did John's father die?

2. After Teresa Heinz Kerry's first husband died, where did she feel a need to go?

3. How many people attended John and Joan's wedding?

4. How much did it cost Joan and John to rent a house on Franklin Avenue in Hollywood many years ago?

5. How many times did Joan have to repeat the story of how John died to Quintana?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did John do before he and Joan ate dinner the night of December 30?

2. Where did Joan and John walk together during their morning walks?

3. Why did Joan write "The Year of Magical Thinking"?

4. Why was John depressed in 2003?

5. What advice about attending funerals did Joan read that was written by Emily Post in her 1922 book of etiquette?

6. Who came to stay with Joan in the weeks that followed John's death?

7. What incidents indicated that Joan was not thinking clearly?

8. What were the first words that Joan wrote after her husband's death?

9. What did John look like when Joan saw him in the emergency room?

10. Why was Quintanna, Joan's and John's daughter in the hospital, when her father died?

(see the answer keys)

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