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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. How do Jenny and Sandy amuse themselves about Mr. Lowther?

2. What is distinctive, physically, about Mr. Lloyd?

3. In what year does Miss Brodie tell the set the story about Hugh?

4. How many girls are in the Brodie set?

5. What grade are the girls in at the beginning of Chapter 1?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Sandy call the police officer and how does this officer enter into Sandy’s life?

2. How does Miss Brodie add to her tale of Hugh?

3. What does Eunice tell her husband about Miss Brodie?

4. What happens when Miss Mackay approaches after Miss Brodie has told the history lesson and what does Miss Brodie say about it?

5. How does Mary Macgregor die and what event is shown at the same time her death is shown?

6. Who is in Miss Brodie’s set and for what is each of them known?

7. What did the book call 1931 for the Brodie set?

8. How does Miss Brodie view education?

9. Who are talking to the girls at the beginning of Chapter 1 and how can the girls be distinguished?

10. What does Mary Macgregor do right after World War II starts and how does she get along with her boyfriend? Do any patterns from your youth still occur?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Foreshadowing is used in almost all works of fiction. Discuss the following:

What is foreshadowing? Identify three instances of foreshadowing in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and what they foreshadow? How does foreshadowing contribute to a book's suspense? Are there any incidences that you thought foreshadows a future event, but it does not do so?

Essay Topic 2

Titles often play a vital role in making a person decide to read a particular book. Discuss the following:

Fully explain why you think The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie is titled as such. Do you think it is the best title for the book? Why or why not? What do you think would be another interesting title for The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie and why do you think that? How important is a title in influencing you to consider reading a book? Do you think a title needs to have direct relevance to a book's content? Explain your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Do you think most people want a happy ending in a novel? Do you think The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie would qualify as a novel with a happy ending? Why or why not? What do you think are three reasons to read fiction and do you think The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie fulfills these three reasons? Why or why not?

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