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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 Grace given to do in her cell the night before Grace is hypnotized?

2. What does Grace sell to Jeremiah that she inherited from Mary?

3. What does Grace realize when she sees Dr. Jerome Dupont?

4. Of what does Grace say Mrs. Moodie reminds her?

5. Where does Grace go to work when she leaves the Parkinsons?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Dr. Jordan travel after hearing the end of Grace’s story and what does he do there?

2. What does Jamie Walsh say at Grace’s trial that hurts her chances of acquittal?

3. What does Grace tell Dr. Jordan about a chicken for dinner at Kinnear’s?

4. What does Nancy say about her situation when she offers Grace a job?

5. What does Dr. Jordan say McDermott said about the murders and what is Grace’s response?

6. What does Grace say about Nancy and about McDermott after she has been at Kinnear’s a little while?

7. What does Grace tell Dr. Jordan about her birthday and what does Jeremiah ask her a few days after her birthday?

8. Where does McDermott kill Nancy and what does Grace say he says to Grace?

9. What does Grace say about Nancy Montgomery’s appearance when Grace meets Nancy?

10. How does Jeremiah get Grace away from the implement dealer?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two. Discuss the following:

What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven or action driven? Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why? Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character are developed to the same degree? Why or why not? What type of plot do you think Alias Grace is? Explain your response.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the following:

Do you think most people want a happy ending in a novel? Do you think Alias Grace would qualify as a novel with a happy ending? Why or why not? What do you think are three reasons to read fiction and do you think Alias Grace fulfills these three reasons? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Grace seems to make several bad decisions in her life which lead to her ending up in prison.

Discuss, in depth, two decisions Grace makes which you think might have changed the course of her life if she had made a different choice. Use examples from Alias Grace to support your response.

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