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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. What is one topic Sam is surprised to hear her friend address during her open mic performance?
2. How does Sam's husband refer to their finances in Chapter 14?
3. What does Sam think of as the time in the middle of the night when she wakes and cannot get back to sleep?
4. In Chapter 10, what park does Sam walk to near her neighborhood?
5. What does Sam start to suffer from regularly in middle age?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Ally think about one day telling Sam about her secret relationship?
2. Why does MH tell Sam she does open-mic night at the Smiley Face?
3. What does Matt seem to think Sam's decision to leave him might really be mostly about?
4. What does Sam think of MH when she first meets her?
5. Who is Ally secreting seeing romantically, and why is this relationship secret?
6. What does Sam do in the aftermath of the 2016 election that she has not done for a long while?
7. How are the house Sam buys and her decision to leave her husband related?
8. In Chapter 9, how does Sam react to the woman on her porch?
9. In Chapter 6, what does Matt ask Sam to do regarding their daughter Ally?
10. What is Matt's first reaction when Sam tells him she is leaving him?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why do you think Spiotta waits until well into the novel to reveal the extent of Lily's illness and its true effect on Sam? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 2
How does Spiotta explain, in some cases by comparison and contrast, the different ways the main female characters in this novel deal with the aging process? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 3
How do Sam's anxieties begin to take over a larger and larger part of her life as the novel progresses? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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