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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. Which of Joan's novels had a passage about dreams?

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

3. Which of Euripedes' plays did Joan feel that she must reread?

4. Who wrote, "Time is the school in which we learn"?

5. What pattern of dishes did Joan find in a cupboard that John's mother had given him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Did Joan believe that wild things feel loss?

2. Why did it take so long for Joan to receive a copy of John's autopsy?

3. What little things could Joan do for Quintana when she was at Rusk Institute?

4. What did Joan argue about with a doctor after Quintana had been intubated for almost a week?

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

6. Describe the dream about the braided belt and what it meant to Joan.

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

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

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

10. Why did Joan find herself in tears when she was walking to the opening of the Democratic convention?

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

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

Joan was troubled that everything had been so ordinary the night John died. Discuss what the ordinary had to do with sudden death or disaster. Give examples from the book to support your statements.

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