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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. Joan is in which state?

2. What is the newspaper editor's first name?

3. As he is dying, Cuyler decides to stop building what?

4. What is the title of chapter 7?

5. Before she dies, Daisy spends hours doing what?

Short Essay Questions

1. In chapter nine, it seems like everyone is married and has children. What is the symbolism of that?

2. Describe how Alice decides to change the course of her life, in chapter seven, and what theme it continues.

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

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

5. Describe Magnus Flett's final years.

6. Who is Skoot Skutari and how does he relate to the story?

7. How does Daisy make use of her imagination in chapter ten?

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

9. Describe what sort of attitude Daisy has and how this is shown in what she leaves behind.

10. What role does Pinky play in chapter six?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

All of Daisy's family members and friends volunteer possible reasons for Daisy's depression at some point. Explain, in detail, what your own opinion is on the reason that Daisy falls into a depression. Also, if you concur with one or more of Daisy's friends and family members, list which people you agree with and use examples from the story to illustrate why you agree with those people.

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

Choose one of the following themes in the book and describe, in detail, at least three instances where the theme occurs in the book and what the results of those occurrences were. Also, explain how you think the book would have been different if each of those instances didn't occur.

Marriage

Death

Abandonment

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