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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 song is Grace singing the first time Dr. Jordan hears her sing?

2. Why won’t Dr. Jordan be able to get a shot of whiskey at Verringer’s house?

3. In what kind of clothes was Mary Whitney buried?

4. At what location is Grace hypnotized?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Grace say is how Kinnear gets killed?

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

3. Why is Dr. Jordan having a difficult time at his rented room?

4. What does Grace plan to do when McDermott and she arrive in Lewiston and what changes her plan?

5. What does Nancy tell McDermott when she is tired of his attitude and what does McDermott then tell Grace?

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

7. What does Grace’s lawyer tell Dr. Jordan and what conclusion does Dr. Jordan come to after visiting the Kinnear house and graves?

8. Why is Dr. Jordan upset when he leaves the governor’s house at the beginning of Chapter 7?

9. What does Grace tell Dr. Jordan that McDermott told her and what does she offer as a reason she had not told Nancy?

10. Why is Grace worried about coming to the end of her story?

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 the following:

Define plot and include the definitions of the most important elements of a plot. Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not? Write a brief synopsis of the plot of Alias Grace, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot? Give a brief synopsis of any important sub-plots.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss one of the following:

Thoroughly analyze how the setting informs the plot in Alias Grace. Trace and analyze one major theme of Alias Grace. How is the theme represented by symbolism? By the characters' behaviors? By the action?

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