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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 was Joan's occupation?

2. How often did Joan and John walk?

3. When were the 2004 Academy Awards held?

4. Who said that the act of grieving "Involves grave departures from the normal attitude to life"?

5. How many widowers were studied in the United Kingdom, according to a report in "The Lancet"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What promise did Joan make to Quintana that she realized that she would not be able to keep and why?

2. In Chapter 4, what does Joan say about where and when she and John were married?

3. During her reading, what did Joan learn were some means that were used to test a patient's memory and comprehension?

4. What did Melanie Klein say about grief?

5. What incidents indicated that Joan was not thinking clearly?

6. Who came to stay with Joan in the weeks that followed John's death?

7. How did Joan, Gerry and Tony plan to tell Quintana that her father died?

8. Why did Joan write "The Year of Magical Thinking"?

9. What were the first words that Joan wrote after her husband's death?

10. Where did Joan and John walk together during their morning walks?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Joan was troubled that everything had been so ordinary the night John died. Discuss what the ordinary had to do with sudden death or disaster. Give examples from the book to support your statements.

Essay Topic 2

During the summer, Joan began to feel fragile and unstable. Discuss why Joan felt fragile and unstable and how she coped with these feelings, giving quotes from the book to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 3

When Joan flew to Los Angeles to be with Quintana, she knew that Los Angeles had the potential for triggering the vortex effect. Discuss why Los Angeles was the most likely place to trigger the vortex effect and how Joan avoided triggering this effect when in the city. Define the vortext effect and use s

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