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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. Where do Leroy and Fiona live?

2. Who joins Maggie to sing?

3. How does this make Maggie feel?

4. What does Maggie do for Ira?

5. What does Maggie notice at the end of the movie?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Ira and Maggie meet?

2. Why is Maggie so happy at the end of this section?

3. What does Maggie want Ira to allow?

4. How was Jesse different from Ira?

5. Why was Maggie so fond of Fiona?

6. What does Jesse reveal as his ex wife and daughter arrive?

7. Why did Fiona ask for a divorce?

8. What about those who do not choose to sing?

9. How does Ira feel about his granddaughter?

10. Does Fiona's mother try to stop her from leaving with the Morans?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Fiona and Jesse and then describe:

1. Do you think the marriage between the two would ever work, even if Jesse had been available?

2. How would Jesse have needed to change to love Fiona correctly?

3. What would Fiona have needed to accept about Jesse to make him love her?

Essay Topic 2

1. Describe the settings of the novel.

2. Where do the most important moments take place?

3. Why do they happen where they happen?

4. Is that setting impertinent to telling the story?.

Essay Topic 3

Maggie often wonders about what could have been. Do you agree or disagree with that statement?

1. What are some happenings that Maggie wishes were different in her life?

2. How can Maggie make those changes now?

3. What is it about Maggie's personality that makes her unable to accept her life?

4. Being unsatisfied with ones life or personal projects can be extremely draining and depressing. Do you think that Maggie ever exhibits these qualities in the novel? Why or why not?

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