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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 did Bibi grow up?

2. What surgery did Morgan describe having undergone when they spoke at Yazz's college?

3. Where did Bernadette live before moving near Winsome?

4. What did Rachel grow up to be, according to the narrative in Chapter 3?

5. What class does Margo teach in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are Winsome's current circumstances in the present-day timeline in Chapter 3? Where is she living?

2. Why does Penelope resent multiculturalism?

3. How is Penelope's marriage to Phillip described?

4. What was Penelope's chldhood like?

5. How did Megan's life change when she was 16?

6. How did Grace come to be the mistress of Greenfields?

7. How is language stressed in Megan/Morgan's narrative?

8. What is Megan's relationship to GG?

9. What was Shirley's outlook when she began teaching?

10. How does Morgan know Yazz in the contemporary timeline?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the themes of gender neutrality, gender expectations, and identity as explored in Megan/Morgan's narrative. How do Megan/Morgan's understanding and relationship to gender change in the course of this character's story? How does Megan/Morgan relate to the other characters in regard to gender? Why is this character significant in the novel?

Essay Topic 2

Examine and discuss the theme of generational differences in Girl, Woman, Other. How is this theme explored through the characters of Amma, Dominique, and Yazz? What statement(s) do you think the author is making regarding generational differences? What symbolism relates to this theme?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Amma's play The Last Amazon of Dahomey. What is the subject of the work? What are its major themes? Why is the play significant to the plot in Girl, Woman, Other?

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