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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 the demeanor of Dana's sisters when they come to the house to get Dana's belongings?
2. In what town do Jo and her husband live?
3. What possession of Licia's do the police enter into evidence?
4. How much time passes between Eli's visit to Jo's office until she hears from him again?
5. 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 _____________________.
Short Essay Questions
1. Which characters comprise Jo's family?
2. Explain Jo's secretive life in Cambridge in 1968.
3. What does Jo say might account for her feeling off during dinner with Daniel?
4. How is Jo impatient with Daniel's needs when she wants to talk, and how does she try to mend things on Sunday morning?
5. How do Dana's sisters act when they come to the house to pick up Dana's belongings?
6. What are some of the events that the author covers during a flashback of Jo's life?
7. Describe the night when Licia finds Dana's dead body in the house.
8. Why is marrying Daniel quite opposite from the life she had been living in the group house?
9. Why does Licia seem to fit in so well with the group members who seem to have no real plans?
10. What are Jo's feelings about seeing Eli again?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
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 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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