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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. How many paragraphs does Sugar write to Living Dead Dad?

2. Which of the following anthologies does Sugar report reading?

3. What does Sugar cite as a factor contributing to infidelity?

4. Which of the following poems does Sugar reference?

5. In which liturgical season does Sugar join a prayer chain?

Short Essay Questions

1. What general advice for what NOT to do does Sugar give?

2. What standard for maintaining relationships does Sugar recommend (306)?

3. Why does Sugar assert that cell phones counter the benefits of the wilderness?

4. How does Sugar explain what it means to transcend?

5. What does Sugar note is most unsettling about the letter LTL writes?

6. After her salutation, what is the first thing Sugar replies to Awful Jealous Person (258)?

7. How does Sugar note a person can find forgiveness?

8. Upon what graduate school assignment does Sugar reflect?

9. What stressors does Spent report in her letter to Sugar?

10. How does Sugar report trying to quell the nagging voice inside her head?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explicate the significance of the name of any one character in the text.

Essay Topic 2

To what other writer’s work in your experience does Strayed’s seem most similar? What makes the writers similar? What differentiates them? Overall, which do you regard as doing better at the craft of writing, and why?

Essay Topic 3

Similarly, the lengths of chapters influence reading. What pattern of chapter-length is present in the epistolary memoir, if any? What effect does the length of chapters have on the reading? How is the effect achieved?

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