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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. In Chapter 3, what is the only real happy time Annie has?

2. What calms Annie's fear of her mother dying?

3. Who builds Nalda's coffin?

4. How does Annie buy her dunce friend treats at recess?

5. What is Annie's response when confronted about playing marbles at school in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Annie say she likes to sit at the front of the class?

2. Why does Annie write the trouble-causing comment in Chapter 5?

3. Who is Ma Chess and what surprises the John family when she shows up at the family home?

4. Why doesn't Annie speak to Sonia after the death of the girl's mother?

5. Why does Mrs. John prepare her friend's daughter for burial in Chapter 1?

6. What do the fabrics Annie and her mother select in Chapter 2 symbolize to Annie and why?

7. What is Annie required to copy as her punishment in Chapter 5 and how much time is she given?

8. How does Gwen initiate the friendship that develops between her and Annie?

9. Why do some of the market vendors beg Mrs. John to return the next day?

10. What does Mrs. John's trunk hold now and where is it kept?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

If Annie fears separation so much, why is she happy to leave her family at the end of Chapter 8?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the importance of Milton's Paradise Lost to the theme of Annie John and to Annie's punishment given by her school's headmistress.

Essay Topic 3

What is the primary theme of Annie John? How does the author present this theme? How does the theme develop throughout the novel?

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