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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. Why did George come to Oakland to spend time with Kelly?

2. Where did Kelly travel to after she graduated college?

3. Why was Kelly's mother worried about Kelly going to the event in #52?

4. Why was Kelly not able to pay much attention to her daughters lately?

5. How many bags of solution did Kelly have during her first chemotherapy treatment?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Kelly's parents differ in their parenting styles when Kelly was a teenager?

2. What did Kelly do in an attempt to help her children understand the baldness brought on by chemotherapy treatments?

3. Describe some of Kelly's experiences during her hiking trip to Nepal.

4. What were the four truths of Buddhism that Kelly learned from a German woman in Nepal?

5. Describe Kelly's life when she traveled to Australia after graduating college.

6. What was Kelly's sport during high school and how did her father support her in it?

7. What was Kelly's role in the demise of the boa constrictor?

8. How did Kelly describe her parents' marriage and the different roles they played in the home?

9. What important occasion did Kelly forget while taking all her medications?

10. What was Kelly Corrigan doing when she discovered a lump in her breast?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Explain Kelly Corrigan's use of regionalism in the book. Cite examples of at least two different instances of regionalism and explain why the author used them where she did.

Essay Topic 2

Create a brief character study of Edward Lichty. What did he look like? What were his positive personality traits? What were some of his negative characteristics? What were his hopes and fears? What were his primary motivations during his life?

Essay Topic 3

Kelly Corrigan was no stranger to hurt and pain. From what you know of Kelly's life through this book, what were her biggest sorrows and worst betrayals? How did she manage through them? How did her coping skills evidence themselves in many aspects of her life? Explain.

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