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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 on the face of the creature that is following Jen in her scary dream?

2. Who shows up for Thanksgiving and walks with Jen to Wallace's house?

3. Jen doesn't want her doctor to see her as a __________, even though it's likely she already does.

4. Wallace warns his kids when they get back that now would be a very bad time to do _______, and they promise not to do it.

5. Wallace and Jen talk about whether they think ________ has anything to do with the problems that Wallace has had.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Megan think about people like Wallace who get brain tumors for no apparent reason?

2. What does Jen do when she turns on the radio, trying to work out a new feeling she has about the tumor Wallace has?

3. What does Jen's father begin to do as he begins to feel better after the surgery and is healing well?

4. What is the exercise called where Jen lies in bed for hours on end each day, according to her conversation with Kathleen?

5. What does the doctor tells Wallace about the tumor mass that they removed from his brain during the previous surgery?

6. What is the embarrassing memory that Jen and Wallace share as they are talking about tumors and karma?

7. What happens when Jen gets a phone call later in the day, inviting her to come to a party with others?

8. What happens to Wallace which makes the family begin to question his health again?

9. What is the agreement that Jen makes with Megan before they go to see Megan's great aunt Honey?

10. One morning, about a month after Wallace's surgery, what is the first thought in Jen's mind when she wakes up?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The introduction of Wallace's tumor causes the story to take a turn right at the start.

Part 1: Why do you think the family reacts in the way they do?

Part 2: How do you think you would react if you hard your father had a tumor?

Part 3: Do you think there might have been a better way for the family to react?

Essay Topic 2

Jen is a person who seems to avoid pain and sadness by drinking and by doing drugs.

Part 1: Why do you think Jen doesn't want to handle the pain any other way?

Part 2: Do you think that Jen should find other ways to cope with her feelings?

Part 3: How do you cope when you have things happen in your life which might be seen as tragic?

Essay Topic 3

Jen points out that sometimes things which seem senseless often turn out to be good in the end.

Part 1: Do you think that things in life are ever senseless?

Part 2: Why do you think something senseless might turn out to be good?

Part 3: How do you think a person might be able to make good out of a senseless situation?

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