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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. Chapter 7 tells the story of who falling into depression?

2. As predicted, Daisy has lived for many years after what?

3. Why does another writer take over Daisy's column?

4. What game does Daisy's group play?

5. Daisy has taken over her husband's what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role does Pinky play in chapter six?

2. What is the relationship between Daisy and her daughter, Alice?

3. In what positive way is the image of stone used in chapter eight?

4. Describe Magnus Flett's final years.

5. How does Daisy handle both her husband's and her father's deaths?

6. Which of Daisy's children comes to care for her, in chapter nine, and is that unusual?

7. What is the relationship between Daisy and Jay Dudley?

8. What do you feel Daisy's bridge group symbolizes?

9. How does Daisy react to losing her job?

10. Why do you think Daisy changed her mind and took Beverly in?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Harold Hoad makes a very brief appearance in the story and, in fact, Daisy doesn't even tell her children that she had a first husband.

Part 1. Why do you think that Harold was in the story?

Part 2. What do you think the story would have been like if Harold didn't exist?

Part 3. Do you think Daisy should have told her children about Harold? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Part 1: Using several examples from the story, as well as from your own life, choose the character in the book that you can identify with the most and explain why.

Part 2: Explain how you think the story would be different if the character you chose that you identify most with was no longer in the story. Be sure to mention at least two specific parts of the book that would be affected by that character's absence.

Essay Topic 3

Magnus Flett spends most of the book in the Orkney Islands, yet he seems to greatly influence Daisy. Using several examples from the book, describe, in detail, why you feel that Daisy is so greatly influenced by thoughts of, and later a visit to, Magnus Flett. Also, do you think Daisy feels closer to Magnus Flett than to her own father? If so, in what ways. If not, why not?

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