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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 the letter-writer in “The Empty Bowl” cite as her father’s favorite saying?

2. How long does Working for Two report being with her wife?

3. What poet is referenced in "The Lusty Broad"?

4. To what drug is the wife of the letter-writer of “Transcend” addicted?

5. To what does Sugar compare her parents?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Triangled hear about Friend or Foe’s assignation?

2. Upon what graduate school assignment does Sugar reflect?

3. What is the worst *physical* abuse C reports her brother perpetrating on her?

4. What stressors does Spent report in her letter to Sugar?

5. What standard for maintaining relationships does Sugar recommend (306)?

6. What does Sugar note prompted her decision to become a parent?

7. After her salutation, what is the first thing Sugar replies to Awful Jealous Person (258)?

8. What does Drinker note as his drinking pattern?

9. What does Sugar identify as the worst role in her first-responder training?

10. What questions does Sugar ask her memoir-writing students as they review student work?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

More broadly, what effect upon the reader does the largely epistolary format of the book have? How is that effect produced?

Essay Topic 2

Consider the ending of the book. Does it satisfy? How or how not?

Essay Topic 3

To what extent does the respondent persona differ from the author? What in the text indicates as much, and how does it do so?

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