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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 food did Comptia prepare for her husband?

2. What was the theme of the nursery going to be?

3. Where did the author buy a house?

4. What did the author do with the land she inherited?

5. What did the fortune teller offer to help the author's broken heart?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the author's friends from Seattle respond to visiting her new home?

2. What concert experience did the author have after the miscarriage?

3. What was the author's property in Lummi Bay like?

4. What does a burning ceremony involve?

5. In the weeks after she learned that she was pregnant, what did the author do?

6. What made the author think of her Uncle Ron?

7. Why did Comptia's husband need to go to court?

8. What did the author do at Skagit River?

9. What role did rose quartz have in the author's life?

10. When the author picked Brandon up from the airport, how did their conversation go?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is LaPointe’s main message to readers regarding family? How does she portray this message in her memoir?

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Richard and Brandon and their roles in LaPointe's life.

Essay Topic 3

Examine the importance of music in the book.

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