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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 catches fire the week before the surgery for Wallace is scheduled to happen?

2. Randy points out that Wallace's looking great is like the ________________, and it's not fooling anyone.

3. What do Jen and Randy put up with from Ben as they realize that he is nervous about seeing his father in the hospital?

4. Who tells the kids that the way that Wallace looks is very normal after a surgery of this type?

5. What does Jen think is happening with Eric when she wakes up in the night to find that he is not there anymore?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Wallace decide to make up a will before he goes into surgery?

2. What does Kathleen say about the relationship between Eric and Jen, according to the story?

3. What does Sarah say is completely normal when the children walk into the hospital room?

4. What does Jen do when the phone finally rings after Kathleen finally calls Jen back after her many calls?

5. Why doesn't Jen decide to tell Eric about the brain tumor that her father has been diagnosed as having?

6. What does Jen know will happen every time she schedules a meeting with Kathleen?

7. What happens in order to wake Wallace up and to get him talking to his children in the room?

8. What are the worries that Wallace has as he begins to undergo the process of removing the problem from his body?

9. What has happened to all of Jen's male friends, or so she remembers when she is driving away from the hospital?

10. What does Megan wish that Jen would do in relation to Jen's boyfriend, Eric?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Wallace pretends to feel bad about the death of the cat, for Jen's benefit.

Part 1: Why do you think Wallace doesn't feel bad about the cat?

Part 2: How do you think Jen would feel if no one was sympathetic about the death?

Part 3: Do you think the cat's death reminds Jen about her father's mortality? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Megan's relationship to Honey seems to be a comfortable one, one in which they see each other and hope to see each other again soon, even though Honey knows she is old.

Part 1: Why do you think Megan goes to see Honey?

Part 2: Do you think that Honey likes Jen?

Part 3: How do you think Megan's visits with Honey are helpful to the both of them?

Essay Topic 3

Visiting a loved one in the hospital is not an easy thing, and it can bring up a lot of emotions in people.

Part 1: Why do you think families and people tend to have troubles going to hospitals?

Part 2: Do you think you would have troubles going to see a loved one after surgery?

Part 3: How do you think a family might be able to make the trip to the hospital easier? Or can't they?

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