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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 was the sampler on the wall of the Gulden dining room?

2. What movie does Ellen watch the evening she's home alone?

3. Why does Jeff enter the back door of Mrs. Forburg's house?

4. Why does Kate say Ellen should not have a flower girl at her wedding?

5. What is George feeding Kate when Ellen stops by the den that night?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ellen say when Jeff asks if hallucinations are a side-effect of Kate's medication?

2. What is Ellen doing that causes the newspaper stories to say that Ellen was "fleeing?"

3. What does Ellen say to Mrs. Duane when she says that she's been meaning to visit Kate?

4. What is Jon's role in Ellen's arrest?

5. What changes on the day when Kate calls for Ellen to help her out of the tub?

6. Why does Ellen ask Jules not to come to the funeral?

7. Describe the scene in which George is feeding Kate rice pudding. What does Ellen believe is happening?

8. Who is Chris and what happens between Chris and Ellen?

9. What are Ellen's theories about why Mrs. Duane and Kate don't talk about men while they're having lunch together?

10. What does Ellen think about when Jeff asks if she has a message for Jon? What is her message?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who is it that comes to Ellen's rescue after Ellen's arrest? What is her role in Ellen's life? Why does she take on this new role after Ellen's arrest? What are the repercussions and are they justified?

Essay Topic 2

Kate doesn't want to have to have Ellen's help with personal hygiene such as bathing and dressing. Explain Kate's attitude. When the time comes that Kate has to call on Ellen to help her out of the bath, Ellen does so without complaint. Why is Kate reluctant to call on her routinely after that? What does Ellen say about how their relationship would change at that point? Is she correct?

Essay Topic 3

When Ellen and George have lunch together as her mother is becoming increasingly more dependent on pain medication, George says that it's time for them to begin planning Kate's funeral. Ellen says that her father asks too much of her and always has. What does Ellen mean? What is George's reaction? What does this say about their relationship?

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