4. When Licia called her mother on Christmas, her mother told her that she did not want to hear from Licia until Licia returned home or _____________________.

5. How many children are in Dana's family?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jo confuse Jean Bennett when telling her how Jo knows Jean's husband, Eli Mayhew?

2. What are the circumstances in which Jo meets Daniel?

3. Who is Jean Bennett and in what circumstances does Jo meet her?

4. What happens to the dynamics in the group house after Dana's death?

5. Explain Jo's secretive life in Cambridge in 1968.

6. How is Jo impatient with Daniel's needs when she wants to talk, and how does she try to mend things on Sunday morning?

7. What do the police learn about each of the housemates that makes the police suspicious of them?

8. Why is marrying Daniel quite opposite from the life she had been living in the group house?

9. Which characters comprise Jo's family?

10. What does Dana think Licia might be when she catches Licia in lies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the major settings for the novel. Why does Miller use those settings? What is the time period of the story? How important is the time period to the attitudes and issues of the characters?

Essay Topic 2

The author uses more than one theme in the book. Identify at least two themes in the book. Then cite an example to support each theme you name.

Essay Topic 3

Describe the role of the family in WHILE I WAS GONE. What does it mean for each of the main characters? How does the family evolve in its support of each other?

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