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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. How many letters did Joan have from John?

2. Who spoke at the senior banquet when John graduated from college?

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

4. When Joan woke up at 3:30 one morning, what channel was the television set to?

5. What type of a tree did Joan drape colored Christmas lights on in Chapter 20?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What were some things that John said that Joan should or should not do if something happened to him?

4. Did Joan believe that wild things feel loss?

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

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

7. Why did Joan use to tell John her dreams.

8. Why did John and Joan have trouble selling their house in Malibu?

9. How did Joan wear rings and why?

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

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 2

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 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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