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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 Grace’s family leave for Canada?

2. What does Dr. Workman tell Dr. Jordan is most important in building an asylum?

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

4. Under what name does Grace register at the hotel?

5. Where does Grace say it was that she stopped sharing her thoughts?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. To whom does Mrs. Burt introduce Grace and what position does that woman hold? How does the woman help Grace?

3. What does Grace say is in the governor’s wife’s scrapbook and what does Grace say about some of it?

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

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

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

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

8. What are the circumstances of Mrs. Humphreys’s life that are so difficult?

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

10. Where is Grace taken after her encounter with the doctor and what does she describe there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss one of the following:

Trace and analyze the theme of sexuality in Alias Grace. Consider the following questions as you write: Examine which characters are most concerned with sexuality and about what their concern is centered. How does sexuality play such a major role in Alias Grace? How is sexuality at least partly to blame for Grace ending up in prison?

Trace and analyze the theme of feminism in Alias Grace. What does the novel have to say about the roles of women in the 1800’s? Is the view of women’s treatment and power in that era positive or negative? Why? What does feminism have to do with Grace’s life?

Essay Topic 3

There is never any conclusion in the book as to Grace’s guilt or innocence.

Do you think Grace was innocent or guilty of the crime for which she was imprisoned? Why or why not? Use examples from Alias Grace to support your response.

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