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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. Where do Savannah and Robin meet?

2. How does Bernadine react to Gloria's suggestion that she find a better job?

3. Why does Bernadine not remember leaving her two small children asleep in their beds and has a difficult time remembering how to get back home?

4. Robin comes to the realization that Michael is a nice, considerate man, but why does she want to end the relationship?

5. Why is Bernadine unhappy with her job as a controller for a real estate management company?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is John's decision not too surprising?

2. What have John's goals done to Bernadine?

3. What does Gloria want for her son?

4. How has Bernadine's stress level increased?

5. What is Savannah's mother's suggestion regarding Kenneth?

6. Why does Robin tolerate Russell?

7. How does Savannah end up meeting Lionel at the New Year's Eve party?

8. What has Bernadine's attorney discovered about John?

9. What does Bernadine do with the rest of John's possessions?

10. What happens to Tarik at school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Savannah's family worries about her being 36 and unmarried.

Part 1) Why do they worry? What are their assumptions about life?

Part 2) Savannah goes against her mother's wishes, regarding Kenneth. What does she do?

Part 3) Does Savannah make a good choice in her relationship with Kenneth? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Phillip has left the Oasis due to illness.

Part 1) What illness does he have?

Part 2) Why do the salon's patrons gossip about him?

Part 3) Are people who have the same illness as Phillip gossiped about today? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Robin' mother and father are worried about paying for a nursing home for her father.

Part 1) From what does Robin' father suffer?

Part 2) What solution is suggested to them?

Part 3) How does Robin try to help them?

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