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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 time did the paramedics arrive at Joan's apartment building?

2. What day of the week did John die?

3. Who wrote "Mourning and Its Relation to Manic-Depressive States"?

4. Who wrote "A Grief Observed"?

5. What was Quintana's temperature the first time she went to the emergency room?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were Joan and John evicted from their house on the Palos Verdes Peninsula?

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

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

4. What happened when Gerry and Quintana arrived in California?

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

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

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

8. Why did a woman that Joan worked with at "Vogue" have an abortion that was paid for by the attorney general's office?

9. What did Freud say about grief?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Joan linked memories to the effect of a vortex. Discuss "the vortex effect" and how it affected Joan. Give examples from the book to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 2

The way that Joan initially reacted to her husband's death was different from how she reacted in the weeks and months that followed. Compare how Joan initially reacted to her husband's death to how she reacted in the weeks and months that followed. Give examples and quotes from the book to support your statements.

Essay Topic 3

At times, Joan did not believe that she was operating from her rational mind. Discuss why Joan said that she was not operating from her rational mind and what helped her think more rationally.

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