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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. How much did it cost in the late 1960's to fly from Los Angeles to San Francisco or Sacramento or San Jose for a round trip flight?

2. Where was John's cardiologist when John died?

3. What was the press rate for a lanai suite at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel when Joan began working for "Life"?

4. When did John and Joan visit the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner's office?

5. How long after John's death was his funeral held?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Joan's first column like that she wrote for "Life"?

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

3. What did Joan first think when she looked up and saw John slumped over, motionless at dinner?

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

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

8. How did Joan, Gerry and Tony plan to tell Quintana that her father died?

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

10. What did Melanie Klein say about grief?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Argue whether friends and family told the details of John's death or whether Joan told everyone. Use examples from the book to support your position.

Essay Topic 2

During Christmas of 2004, Joan compared how she did things when John was alive and the type of person that she was before he died. Compare Joan and her routine before and after John's death.

Essay Topic 3

John insisted on a trip to Paris in November because he believed if he didn't go then, he would never see Paris before he died. Discuss why John believed that he was dying.

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