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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. Where did Joan find meaning in life?

2. How was the man to the right of Quintana's bed at UCLA injured?

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

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

5. Who was John's editor at "The New Yorker"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where did John and Joan meet the Blacks?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Did Joan believe that wild things feel loss?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the overall mood of the book and give examples of the change in mood from the beginning of the novel to the end.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast why some people have difficulty authorizing autopsies and why Joan did not struggle with approving an autopsy. Give examples of Joan's experience from the book.

Essay Topic 3

After trying to cover the Democratic convention, Joan believed that there was no place she could go and not be reminded of John. Discuss her statement and provide examples from the book.

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