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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 13, how long is the uniform shop open in the morning?

2. In Chapter 18, where does Madeline say that Mrs. Ponder was a nurse during the war?

3. In Chapter 36, what does Jane know that Geoff and Renata donated to the school last year?

4. In Chapter 7, for what activity is Renata's son Jackson famous at school?

5. In Chapter 30, how long has Abigail been living with Nathan and Bonnie?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Madeline think there should be a law that ex-husbands had to live in different suburbs in Chapter 24?

2. In Chapter 33, what does the counselor tell Celeste?

3. In Chapter 8, what is Abigail doing with her dad and his new family on Christmas morning?

4. Why does Miss Barnes call Jane in Chapter 41, and what does she tell Jane?

5. Why does the principal, Mrs. Lipmann, ask Jane to meet with her in Chapter 36?

6. In Chapter 16, what does Madeline tell Ed that she thought her ex-husband's punishment for walking out on her and Abigail would be?

7. In Chapter 13, what does Celeste remember happened when she and Perry went to a marriage counselor two years ago?

8. In Chapter 9, where are Celeste, Perry, and the boys spending Christmas, and what are they doing together?

9. How does Jane try to create rituals and family traditions, and how does she feel about creating these for Ziggy?

10. In Chapter 19, how does Madeline tell Ed that she felt when she was a single mom?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many characters are focused on how they appear to others. How are various characters focused on their image? How does this focus on image affect how characters interact with one another?

Essay Topic 2

Both Jane and Celeste feel like they are partially responsible for the abuse they have suffered. Why do the women feel that they are partially responsible for being abused? What does Celeste’s therapist say about victims not being to blame for their attackers' actions?

Essay Topic 3

It took Celeste a long time to even consider leaving Perry. Why does Celeste struggle to make a decision to leave, and what does a sense of guilt have to do with her inability to make the decision to leave?

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