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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. Where was Quintana born?
2. Quintana was a patient at Beth Israel Medical Center's Singer Division, when did that hospital close?
3. What was the date of John's funeral?
4. How old was Joan's mother when she was near death?
5. Which of Joan's novels used an incident about a woman whose abortion was paid for by the district attorney's office?
Short Essay Questions
1. During her reading, what did Joan learn were some means that were used to test a patient's memory and comprehension?
2. What did John do before he and Joan ate dinner the night of December 30?
3. Why was John depressed in 2003?
4. Describe John's funeral.
5. What did Melanie Klein say about grief?
6. Why was Quintanna, Joan's and John's daughter in the hospital, when her father died?
7. In Chapter 4, what does Joan say about where and when she and John were married?
8. How did Joan, Gerry and Tony plan to tell Quintana that her father died?
9. Why did Joan write "The Year of Magical Thinking"?
10. Where did Joan and John walk together during their morning walks?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
After trying to cover the Democratic convention, Joan believed that there was no place she could go and not be reminded of John. Discuss her statement and provide examples from the book.
Essay Topic 2
During the summer, Joan began to feel fragile and unstable. Discuss why Joan felt fragile and unstable and how she coped with these feelings, giving quotes from the book to support your discussion.
Essay Topic 3
At one point, Joan compared the way she interacted with the doctors and hospital staff to the way a sheep dog herds sheep. Discuss why Joan's relationship with Quintana's doctors and hospital staff was similar to the way that a dog herds sheep and how that affected her relationship with the doctors and hospital staff.
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