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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 kind of liberal does Denise say she didn't want to become?

2. Which of the following countries did Denise travel around?

3. Who does Melissa call her best friends?

4. What does Gary make for himself to drink in this section?

5. What famous cafe did Denise work at when she arrived back in Philadelphia?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Alfred worry Enid just before the cruise?

2. Why is Caroline so alone?

3. What does Alfred now use the ping pong table for?

4. Why does Alfred think the blacks will destroy America?

5. What were the differences between Gary and Chip as boys?

6. What does Alfred think about the stock market?

7. What Caroline does that Gary say he wants back?

8. Why does Caroline have a problem with Enid?

9. Why does Enid prefer Jonah to Gary's other children?

10. What does Gitanas's printout say about Lithuania?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine depression.

1. What evidence is there that depression runs through the family?

2. How do the various members of the family learn to deal with their depression?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss elements of the narrative structure; exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's themes?

Essay Topic 3

What kind of role model have Alfred and Enid provided for their children? In what way have their children's decisions been based on what they learned from their parents?

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