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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 type of flowers did Joan pin in her hair while trying for a "bride" effect?

2. Where did Joe Black grow up?

3. How much money did John and Joan put down as a deposit on the house in Brentwood Park?

4. How old was Joan when the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?

5. What was the date of Joan's birthday?

Short Essay Questions

1. What arrangements were made to transfer Quintana from UCLA to New York University Hospital in New York?

2. What comments about their wedding day did Joan find that John had written in 1990?

3. What was John's last birthday present to Joan?

4. What book did Joan receive from Princeton late in the summer?

5. Did Joan believe that wild things feel loss?

6. After reading the autopsy report, what did Joan finally begin to believe?

7. Why was Joan startled when she checked her piece of writing that she wrote after John died?

8. How did Joan wear rings and why?

9. What did Joan do in the summer when she began feeling fragile and unstable?

10. What was the sequence of events the night that John died?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

After Quintana's release from the hospital and when she flew to California, Joan believed that she might be beginning a new season of life. Discuss why Joan believed she was entering a new season of life and why that season was short-lived. Support your statements with quotes from the book.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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