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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 nationality was Grace’s father?

2. What color are Grace’s eyes?

3. What does Grace tell Jordan she will finish that day when she meets with him at the beginning of Chapter 5?

4. How many siblings does Grace say she has?

5. With whom does Grace’s father find lodging when they arrive in Canada?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the poem in Chapter 2 about?

2. How does Dr. Jordan help Mrs. Humphreys’ situation?

3. Who comes to Grace’s cell, why and how does he reassure her?

4. What does Mrs. Humphreys do at the opening of Chapter 6 and what is Dr. Jordan’s response?

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

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

7. What are the three letters that are shown at the beginning of Chapter 4?

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

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

10. What document starts Chapter 2?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following to discuss:

Choose two significant symbols and trace and analyze their appearance in Alias Grace. Are these universal symbols that would have the same meaning in any culture? What other symbols could portray the same idea? Why do you think Atwood chooses the symbols she does? Consider symbols such as the quilts Grace sews, the food items Dr. Jordan brings to Grace and the scrapbook the governor’s wife keeps.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Alias Grace seems to be an indictment of what happens to women who live in a traditional, patriarchal society.

Discuss how a reader could come to the above conclusion after reading Alias Grace. Use examples from Alias Grace to support your response.

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