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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 is Dorothy's nickname?

2. What do Mona and Tilly wake up to find the morning after Antonia leaves?

3. Why does Izzy agree to seek treatment?

4. Why does Izzy mope around her sisters?

5. What does Izzy offer to do for Estela?

Short Essay Questions

1. What favor does Izzy ask of Antonia via a voicemail?

2. Why does Estela want nothing to do with her baby?

3. Who is Kim?

4. Why is Izzy furious with her sisters?

5. Who calls Antonia in the middle of her conversation with Dot?

6. What update does Beth Trotter give Antonia when she calls her in Athol?

7. Why is Roger upset when Antonia gives him inside information?

8. Who does Estela move in with?

9. Who is Dot?

10. Who is Ralph?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The story is told entirely from a third person perspective. Analyze the author’s choice to tell the story this way. How does this choice affect the plot? Use evidence from the text to support your reasoning.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay in which you examine the topic of mental illness in the novel. How does the author present mental illness in relation to the storyline in which the sisterhood is concerned about the eldest, Izzy, and her potential bipolar disorder? Use examples from the text to support your ideas.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you examine Antonia's role within the migrant, largely Hispanic, community in her small town. What role does she play in protecting community measures, and to what lengths does she go to ensure that they can survive? Use examples from the text to support your ideas.

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