Tiny Beautiful Things Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Cheryl Strayed
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 119 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Tiny Beautiful Things Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Cheryl Strayed
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 119 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused Ian’s burns?
(a) Arson.
(b) A wildfire.
(c) A car accident.
(d) A gas leak.

2. Which of the following does Sugar reference?
(a) Linuccia Saba.
(b) Francesco Rosi.
(c) Rocco Scotellaro.
(d) Carlo Levi.

3. Which of the following does Sugar quote?
(a) Chuck Hagel.
(b) Donald Rumsfeld.
(c) Robert Gates.
(d) Leon Panetta.

4. At what school does Cupcake teach?
(a) University of Alaska.
(b) Auburn University.
(c) Alabama State University.
(d) University of Alabama.

5. Where was Sugar’s sink made?
(a) Colombia.
(b) Peru.
(c) Argentina.
(d) Venezuela.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Sugar compare herself?

2. What kind of mask does Sugar not recommend wearing?

3. What unusual job does Sugar note having had?

4. What poet does Sugar recommend to the graduates she addresses?

5. Approximately how many letter-writers respond to Sugar’s responses?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sugar answer the letters from Playing It Safe, Standing Still, and Claustrophobic together?

2. What point does Sugar make to the letter-writer with whom she discusses the Beauty and the Beast story?

3. Why does Sugar note that the graduates she addresses will be all right?

4. Why does Sugar suggest people in their twenties buy and read books of poetry?

5. Sugar remarks that disclosing trauma to intimate partners helps to further intimacy. What else does she note it does?

6. How does the book explain the origin of its respondent’s pseudonym?

7. How does Sugar reframe the question of whether or not someone will ever love a given person?

8. What is noted as “the first and final act of love” in the book (7)?

9. What advice does Sugar offer for merging households?

10. What practice of intimacy does Sugar’s husband attempt with her that neither actually enjoys?

(see the answer keys)

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