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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. What instrument was played at John's funeral?

2. What type of ATM card did John have in his pocket when he died?

3. How did John's father die?

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

5. What was the date on the computer file that contained the first few lines that Joan wrote after her husband's death?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Joan describe people who recently lost someone?

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

4. What expensive drug was Quintana given when she developed sepsis?

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

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

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

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

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

10. In Chapter 4, what does Joan say about where and when she and John were married?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Quintana was transferred to the Rusk Institute, Joan said that she was able to mourn and not merely grieve. Compare grief and mourning, using examples from the book to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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