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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. Who won the last basketball game that Joan attended with John and friends in November 2003?
2. What anticoagulant was John taking?
3. What was the date of Joan's birthday?
4. When Joan woke up at 3:30 one morning, what channel was the television set to?
5. By what plant in the box garden did John or Joan place Quintana in her bassinet when they first brought her home?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Joan use to tell John her dreams.
2. What arrangements were made to transfer Quintana from UCLA to New York University Hospital in New York?
3. Why wouldn't the funeral be the worst thing that a grieving person had to experience?
4. How did Joan wear rings and why?
5. Why was Joan startled when she checked her piece of writing that she wrote after John died?
6. Why did it take so long for Joan to receive a copy of John's autopsy?
7. After reading the autopsy report, what did Joan finally begin to believe?
8. Why did Joan find herself in tears when she was walking to the opening of the Democratic convention?
9. What thoughts were running through Joan's mind as she flew from Logan airport to LaGuardia after leaving the Democratic convention?
10. What did Joan argue about with a doctor after Quintana had been intubated for almost a week?
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
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.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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