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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 Garth chase off the Pearl Girls in Chapter 42?
2. How does Aunt Lydia describe Daisy in Chapter 57?
3. According to Becka in Chapter 48, what did Aunt Lily want to be when she grew up?
4. According to Agnes in Chapter 52, why is she given the crime folders?
5. How does Aunt Lydia describe Aunt Elizabeth at the end of Chapter 46?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens when Agnes and Becka are summoned to Aunt Lydia's office in Chapter 58?
2. In Chapter 50, what does Agnes learn about the Concubine Cut into Twelve Pieces? What is her reaction?
3. What happens after the delivery of the document cache, as described in both Chapter 70 and the Thirteenth Symposium?
4. What do scholars think about the testimonies of Agnes, Nicole, and Aunt Lydia, as recounted in the Thirteenth Symposium?
5. What information does Agnes receive in Chapter 56? How does she come by this information?
6. What happens when the girls arrive in Portsmouth in Chapter 62?
7. What does Commander Judd demand in Chapter 59? Why?
8. What plan is hatched in Chapter 60 for the transport of Nicole back to Canada?
9. How does Daisy get the attention of the Pearl Girls in Chapter 42?
10. How does Nicole adapt to life in Gilead at the beginning of Section XX? What does she find difficult?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the story of the Concubine Cut into Twelve Pieces reflect the characters of the novel?
Essay Topic 2
Appearances in the story can be deceiving. How do appearances differ from reality in this story? Discuss three characters, objects, or situations and how this idea applies to each.
Essay Topic 3
Analyze the author’s choice to tell this story by using alternating perspectives. How does viewing the action through the eyes of Aunt Lydia, Agnes, and Nicole affect the story? How would the book be different if the story was told through just one perspective?
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