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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 Dr. Jordan think the reason is that prisons are so dreary?

2. What religion is James McDermott?

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

4. Why does Grace call McDermott a monkey?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jerome Dupont ask Dr. Jordan and what does Grace realize about Dupont?

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

3. What does McDermott say to Grace when he comes in her room after she wakes?

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

5. What does Grace remember after she wakes with Dr. Dupont and how does Dr. Jordan feel about his involvement with Grace?

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

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

8. What happens when McDermott threatens Grace with a gun?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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