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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 Annie watch the squirrel do outside the grocery store in Chapter 7?

2. In Chapter 2, how does Mr. Felix insult Annie?

3. How long does it take before Annie believes she is friends with the grocer?

4. How does Annie feel the first time she visits the library?

5. How does Annie check out books from the library the first time she visits?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Annie do when she hears the literature class in Chapter 7?

2. In Chapter 3, what interaction does Annie have with Mr. Byrd?

3. What does Annie worry about after quitting Bev's?

4. What does Annie hear Bev and her male friend talk about that makes Annie quit her job?

5. Why can't Carl focus on studying in Chapter 3?

6. Why do Annie and Carl stay in Lopin at the end of Chapter 12?

7. What happens the first time Carl takes Annie to the cafeteria where he works?

8. Why does Carl decide to stop going to school in Chapter 4?

9. In Chapter 6, what does Carl's mother write in a letter to Carl?

10. What does Annie do when the bank transfers her savings?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast some of Annie's friendships she makes in this novel. How do they develop? What is their purpose? How do they end?

Essay Topic 2

How does "Joy in the Morning" work to define parenthood?

Essay Topic 3

Explore at least three symbols used throughout "Joy in the Morning."

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