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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 medication was given to John at the apartment three times while paramedics worked on him?

2. What pattern of dishes did Joan find in a cupboard that John's mother had given him?

3. When the air ambulance that was to transport Quintana had mechanical difficulties, where did it land?

4. What months did Quintana spend at the Rusk Institute?

5. What would John and Joan pass as they drove and began to argue when they lived at Portuguese Bend?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did it take so long for Joan to receive a copy of John's autopsy?

2. How did Joan wear rings and why?

3. Why did Quintana refer to her memory as "mudgy"?

4. What was John's last birthday present to Joan?

5. What comments about their wedding day did Joan find that John had written in 1990?

6. What were some things that John said that Joan should or should not do if something happened to him?

7. Why wouldn't the funeral be the worst thing that a grieving person had to experience?

8. What was the sequence of events the night that John died?

9. Did Joan believe that wild things feel loss?

10. Why did John and Joan have trouble selling their house in Malibu?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Joan linked memories to the effect of a vortex. Discuss "the vortex effect" and how it affected Joan. Give examples from the book to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

From the time Joan was a child, she thought a great deal about meaninglessness. Discuss how Joan found meaning in her life, giving examples and quotes from the book.

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