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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 color were John's eyes?

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

3. How much did it cost Joan and John to rent a house on Franklin Avenue in Hollywood many years ago?

4. What was the date of John's funeral?

5. What type of drink did Joan get John when they came from visiting Quintana?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why was John depressed in 2003?

5. What did Freud say about grief?

6. What did John look like when Joan saw him in the emergency room?

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

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

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

10. What one object did Sara Mankiewicz remove from her house when John and Joan rented it and why?

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

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

When Joan flew to Los Angeles to be with Quintana, she knew that Los Angeles had the potential for triggering the vortex effect. Discuss why Los Angeles was the most likely place to trigger the vortex effect and how Joan avoided triggering this effect when in the city. Define the vortext effect and use s

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