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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 Grace say about her confession?

2. Who is Mrs. Parkinson’s housekeeper to whom Grace is introduced?

3. What nationality was Grace’s father?

4. What book does the governor’s wife have that tells of fashion in the United States?

5. What is the book called of which a page is shown in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Grace tell Dr. Jordan about working at Mrs. Parkinson’s with Mary?

2. Describe the scene where Grace dreams the peddler has something to give her?

3. Where does Jordan visit Grace in Chapter 4 and what does he do with her?

4. What does Grace say about her family in her confession at the beginning of Chapter 5?

5. What does Grace talk about counting at the beginning of the Chapter and why does she change the way she counts?

6. Why is Reverend Verringer meeting with Jordan and what does Jordan believe of the Reverend?

7. What is Jordan invited to join at the governor’s house and what does Lydia do before it starts?

8. Who brings Jordan his breakfast in the boarding house and what does Jordan think of the breakfast?

9. How does Jordan describe Grace in his letter at the end of the Chapter?

10. What does Grace say she started doing in the asylum and what was the result of these actions?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels. Discuss the following:

Compare/contrast the characters of Grace and Mary Whitney. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples. Compare/contrast

the characters of Mary Whitney and Nancy Montgomery. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?

Essay Topic 2

Often, authors will write about what they know, and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting. Discuss the following:

Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Margaret Atwood. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Atwood's agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Atwood's probable agenda concerning that idea.

Essay Topic 3

In the era of Grace Mark’s life people in both prisons and insane asylums were put on display for the curious. Atwood says this shows how society views those who are different as objects rather than as human.

Discuss the ways in which Grace is seen as an object in Alias Grace. Use examples from Alias Grace to support your response.

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