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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 Pookie do at Sarah and Tony's wedding?

2. Why does Emily not finish her article she is working on in Part 2: Chapter 2?

3. What does Emily decide to do when she and Jack return home from their trip?

4. What is the relationship between Emily and Sarah?

5. What is the relationship between Pookie and Sarah?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is divorce a subject of Part 1: Chapters 1-2?

2. Is there a rivalry between the two Grimes sisters?

3. What does Emily learn in a letter from Sarah?

4. Who is Jack Flanders?

5. Describe Jack and Emily's relationship.

6. Describe Emily and Sarah's relationship in Part 2: Chapter 1.

7. Why is Emily disappointed with Jack after they move to a new place?

8. Why does Pookie want to be close to Tony's parents?

9. In Part 1: Chapter 3, in what ways does it become clear to the reader that Emily is now the narrating character?

10. Describe Andrew and Emily's relationship in Part 1: Chapter 4.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose either Sarah or Emily and examine her relationship with Pookie. Is their relationship stereotypical of a mother/daughter relationship? If not, how does it differ?

Essay Topic 2

Emily is an optimistic character. Even though her parents are divorced, she remains hopeful that they will get back together. What does this hopefulness do for her? Does she retain this optimism for her entire life? Select no less than two scenes that exhibit hopefulness and her optimism.

Essay Topic 3

Death is an inevitable part of life for the Grimes family and several funerals are attended over the course of the novel. Discuss death in the novel, focusing not only on the literal meaning.

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