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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 does Marianne decide after Judd tells her that their father is asking for her and only her?

2. What does Corrine say after they scatter her husband's ashes?

3. Where does Marianne go after leaving the Co-Op?

4. What Charlotte Bronte words become a motto to Marianne?

5. How does her roommate Felece-Marie react to Marianne's disappearance?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Judd tries to protect his mother from his father's abuse?

2. What can be said about Michael Sr.'s life after he leaves Corrine?

3. Why does Marianne run away from the Green Isle Co-Op without a word to anyone?

4. What bothers Judd the most after his father's death when they go to scatter his ashes?

5. Why does Mike Jr. visit his father in Rochester?

6. Why does Marianne leave Penelope Hagstrom's?

7. What does Dr. Whittaker West do for Marianne that makes her very grateful?

8. What is it that Marianne fears about people making too much of her, worrying about her, or touching her?

9. What does Marianne think will happen when she goes to her Grandmother Hauseman's funeral?

10. How does Corrine react to Judd's moving away from home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Have the students consider Marianne's reaction to the gray animal hit by the car and why she reacted the way she did. It was more than her love for animals. There is a name for it, though the medical profession was just beginning to understand it at the time this story took place. Explain what happened.

Essay Topic 2

What is the symbolism of the country club to Michael Mulvaney and how does it differ from what it symbolizes to his wife, Corrine? They both appeared to view the country club from different perspectives. Why is that?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the novel, "We Were the Mulvaneys." Is it a dark novel filled with tragedy, or is it a novel of light and hope? In what ways does the novel contrast between the two?

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