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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 does Charlie Padavano work?

2. What does Ernie bring Sylvie when he visits her apartment for the first time?

3. Where did Rose and Charlie get married?

4. What church do the Padavanos attend?

5. When is Julia's baby due?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Julia realize about the way she convinced William to go to graduate school?

2. What does William receive from his father when he is in the hospital recuperating from his knee injury in 1982?

3. What is the house and neighborhood like where the Padavano family lives?

4. What realization does Sylvie come to regarding her relationship with her mother?

5. How does William begin playing basketball?

6. How does Rose react when she learns Cecelia is pregnant?

7. What does Rose wear when she works in her garden?

8. What does William do when Julia finds out he has been missing classes?

9. How do William and Julia meet?

10. What thoughts does William have after he lets Julia read his book?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

William learns about pain from the basketball players he interviews. What does William learn about pain from these interviews, and how does that knowledge develop empathy in him?

Essay Topic 2

William began playing basketball when he is five. What does basketball mean to William, and why is it important to him?

Essay Topic 3

Idioms are words that have a figurative, rather than a literal meaning. How are idioms used in Hello Beautiful when relating conversations? How do idioms help create word pictures and mental images for readers in a concise manner? How do idioms help readers understand people, emotions, events, or ideas?

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