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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. After John's death, which of John's novels did Joan realize was about grief?
(a) Playland.
(b) Nothing Lost.
(c) The Studio.
(d) Dutch Shea, Jr.

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

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

4. How many times did Joan have to repeat the story of how John died to Quintana?
(a) 1 time.
(b) 3 times.
(c) 2 times.
(d) 4 times.

5. How many nights had Quintana spent in the hospital between December 2003 and January 2004?
(a) 18 nights.
(b) 15 nights.
(c) 24 nights.
(d) 21 nights.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Joan begin writing the book, "The Year of Magical Thinking"?

2. When did Joan interview people in Honolulu about December 7, 1941?

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

4. Who wrote the book John was reading the night he died?

5. What was the date when Quintana was told her father died?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why on most surface levels did Joan seem rational?

2. Why was John depressed in 2003?

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

4. What promise did Joan make to Quintana that she realized that she would not be able to keep and why?

5. How did John, Joan, Gerry and Quintana spend Thanksgiving 2003?

6. How did friends and relatives help Joan in the first three weeks after John died?

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

8. What did Freud say about grief?

9. During her reading, what did Joan learn were some means that were used to test a patient's memory and comprehension?

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

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