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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 did Mrs. Foburg teach when Ellen was her student?
2. What does Mr. Tweedy say about Ellen's announcement that she's going to her mother's?
3. What does Ellen note about the size of her parents' home as compared to other houses on the block?
4. Where did Ellen's Gulden grandparents run a summer camp?
5. What does Ellen first think she's hearing when she's wakened by her mother's cries?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Ellen say tips her off to the fact that Jules has been talking to her mother and what does that say about the relationship between Jules and her mother?
2. What questions does Ellen ask about the organization of the book club and what does Kate respond?
3. Briefly describe the conversation that occurs when one of the women asks if George is taking time off.
4. Describe the story about Ellen that appears in the Tribune.
5. What is Kate's initial reaction when she discovers that Ellen is home to stay?
6. Describe Kate's role in the early days of her marriage to George.
7. In the prologue, what does Ellen say is the truth about her mother's death?
8. What are some of the noises Ellen hears while she's in jail?
9. List at least three details Ellen recalls about the hospital where her mother was given chemotherapy.
10. What are Ellen's thoughts when she goes into her mother's room and sees that she's so emaciated.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is the most important scene in the book? Why? Why is that scene effective? Which is more important to that scene: the action or the setting? Why?
Essay Topic 2
Ellen is scornful of her father's lack of compassion for Kate, but he says that she should remember that he is taking "the night shift." What does he mean? Should George have done more for Kate? Is Ellen underestimating the role he's playing? Support your answers with examples from the story.
Essay Topic 3
Who is Jonathan? What is his relationship with Ellen? What do Jules and Kate think of him? Describe his actions over the course of Kate's illness. What is Ellen's reaction when he tells her he has an internship and wants her to live with him? What motivates this reaction? Is Ellen correct in this reaction?
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