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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 Mrs. Ringrose's first name?

2. What park does Olive go to with Christopher and his family in "Motherless Child"?

3. Who tells Kayley that Mrs. Ringrose is putting her husband in a nursing home?

4. In "Motherless Child," what type of car does Olive have?

5. What time was the Larkin house fire reported?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jack learn when he writes to Betsy's ex and tells him that Betsy has died?

2. What does Christopher, Olive's son, tell her when she phones him in "Labor"?

3. In "Motherless Child," when was the last time that Olive had seen her son and his family, and how was the visit?

4. What problem is there during breakfast the first morning that Christopher and his family are visiting Olive?

5. How did Suzanne's father make so much money?

6. Where does Jack Kennison go in "Arrested" and why?

7. Why was Olive bored at the baby shower for Marlene Bonney's daughter?

8. What does Cindy tell Mrs. Kitteridge about her sisters?

9. How does Olive feel when Jack greets her in the morning when she wakes in his guest room?

10. What were some things that became a wall in Olive's marriage to Henry?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Conflicts between characters are often caused by a problem. What are some conflicts that occur in the novel? Are the conflicts in the book mostly man vs. man, man vs. nature, or man vs. self? Are they internal or external conflicts?

Essay Topic 2

Kayley is an eighth-grader whose father died two years ago. What type of relationship did Kayley have with her father? How has his death affected her life? How does she deal with the loss?

Essay Topic 3

Jack and Olive marry. What challenges do they face as they marry? How do those challenges improve their relationship and their lives?

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