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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. Who is the first writer whose letter is addressed in the book?
(a) Bobby.
(b) Johnny.
(c) Ricky.
(d) Danny.

2. Which of Eudora Welty's works does Sugar quote?
(a) Delta Wedding.
(b) A Worn Path.
(c) Why I Live at the P.O.
(d) The Optimist's Daughter.

3. Which of the following philosophers does Sugar reference?
(a) Camus.
(b) Foucault.
(c) Sartre.
(d) de Beauvoir.

4. Which of the following poets does Sugar cite?
(a) Plath.
(b) Bradstreet.
(c) Dickinson.
(d) Wheatley.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the introduction of Tiny Beautiful Things suggest Sugar offers her readers?

2. How old was Standing Still when she got married?

3. What flavor of Tic Tacs does Sugar find among her late mother’s possessions?

4. At what age does Sugar report starting work?

5. To whom does Sugar address comments about writing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sugar note as a complication in friendships?

2. Why does Sugar relate the story about kittens on New Year’s?

3. What does Sugar cite as a deciding factor in which letters get answers from her?

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

5. How is the choice of Strayed to write as Sugar explained?

6. What are the things Sugar asserts Gump does not know he does not know?

7. How does Sugar characterize worry stones?

8. Why does Sugar hold that Mourning and Raging’s husband offended more fully than her employee?

9. Why does Sugar note the youth with whom she worked in advocacy esteemed her?

10. What advice does Sugar offer for merging households?

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