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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. Why does Art spend lots of time at Del's house?

2. The epilogue tells the story of how Del __________________.

3. What is the name of the family on whom Del bases her story?

4. What beverage is Art drinking at the house?

5. What city does Art mention that he has visited that intrigues Del's mother?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the cooperation necessary between cast mates alter the usual dynamic between the boys and girls in class?

2. What are Del's impressions of Naomi when she sees her at work one day?

3. Explain the scenario of Mr. Chamberlain taking Del out to the country and his inappropriate behavior there.

4. What do Del and Naomi talk about and how do they manage to do it in secret?

5. How does Del delve into her love for words as she writes?

6. How does Del respond to Mr. Chamberlain's advances?

7. What is the scenario when Mr. Chamberlain first behaves inappropriately toward Del?

8. How does Del describe how the students are screened to participate in the operetta?

9. How does Del envision herself as a sexual person for the first time?

10. What happens each March at Del's school and who is in charge of it this year?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the situation when more than one language exists within a country such as Canada? Explain the challenges of living in such situations.

Essay Topic 2

Del desperately wants to distinguish herself from her mother yet she is like her in many ways. Name some ways that Del is different from her mother as well as some ways that she is like her mother.

Essay Topic 3

Address Del's search for meaning in her life through religion? Do you agree with her process of elimination? What do you think Del is trying to find? Does she find it? Explain.

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