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

2. When Joan awakened at 3:30 one morning, who was being interviewed on TV?

3. Prior to working at "The New Yorker," where did John's editor work?

4. When was the last time that Joan covered a convention at Madison Square Garden?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Joan wear rings and why?

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

3. Why did Quintana refer to her memory as "mudgy"?

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

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

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

7. Where did John and Joan meet the Blacks?

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

9. How would Quintana spend weekends when she was at Rusk Institute?

10. What did it mean that post-mortem lividity was present in John's body?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At times, Joan did not believe that she was operating from her rational mind. Discuss why Joan said that she was not operating from her rational mind and what helped her think more rationally.

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

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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