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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 does Pips Phelp consider the issue in #63 to be?

2. What problems is the person needing the intervention having?

3. When had Remington left Bambi?

4. Who is discovered to be naked and crouching in the maid's room of her house?

5. What is the name of Esther's dead husband?

Short Essay Questions

1. What experience does Canoe share regarding marrying in order to avoid spinsterhood?

2. What are the circumstances of Bambi's Break for Freedom from Remington all these years later?

3. Describe the scenario of the failed intervention attempt.

4. What is the nature of the party that Canoe hosts in this section?

5. Describe the shrine-like environment in Esther's dining room.

6. Who is Him?

7. What arrangement does Bambi make to meet Remington again?

8. What had the women done today that made it such a sad one?

9. What plan is Pips Phelp leading at the Club?

10. What is Bambi's unresolved issue regarding Remington Jackson?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain the nature of this book and why the author created it the way she did. Why did she choose to create a collection of short stories to tell the women's stories? Is it effective? How is it different from reading a regular novel? How is it the same?

Essay Topic 2

The author uses several instances of flashbacks in the story. Explain what a flashback is and cite at least two making sure to explain what makes each a flashback.

Essay Topic 3

Explain the metaphor of the foxhunt. What do the hounds represent? What does the mechanical fox represent? Why did the author choose to insert this scene into the novel?

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