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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. Which of Euripedes' plays did Joan feel that she must reread?
3. Where was the 2004 Republican convention held?
4. Which Protestant denomination did Joan say used these words in a litany, "as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end"?
5. When Joan awakened at 3:30 one morning, who was being interviewed on TV?
Short Essay Questions
1. After reading the autopsy report, what did Joan finally begin to believe?
2. Why wouldn't the funeral be the worst thing that a grieving person had to experience?
3. What comments about their wedding day did Joan find that John had written in 1990?
4. Did Joan believe that wild things feel loss?
5. What did it mean that post-mortem lividity was present in John's body?
6. Why did John and Joan have trouble selling their house in Malibu?
7. Over the years, what would Dominique do with Quintana?
8. What would John and Joan do after the 1992 Democratic convention?
9. Why was Joan startled when she checked her piece of writing that she wrote after John died?
10. What thoughts were running through Joan's mind as she flew from Logan airport to LaGuardia after leaving the Democratic convention?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
John insisted on a trip to Paris in November because he believed if he didn't go then, he would never see Paris before he died. Discuss why John believed that he was dying.
Essay Topic 2
When Quintana was in the ICU at UCLA, Joan whispered a promise to her, the same promise Joan had been making since Quintana was a child. Discuss the promise that Joan always made to Quintana. Why it was a promise that she could not keep?
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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