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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. Who does Mary say she misses?

2. Who is Mrs. Munn?

3. When is Mary to be taken back to school?

4. Which of the students has made a vow to do something?

5. Where is Mrs. Mortar's home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Rosalie coming to spend the night at the Tilford home?

2. What do Martha and Mrs. Mortar not realize during their argument?

3. What has prompted Martha to think about her true feelings for Karen?

4. What does Karen say in response to Mrs. Tilford's apology?

5. The parents get caught up in the fever of Mary's accusations and Mrs. Tilford's phone calls and neglect to do one thing. What is that one thing?

6. How does Mary react when she learns that she is being sent back to school?

7. What can be presumed about the source of Mary's cunning behavior?

8. Why does the author set the story of good vs. evil in a small town in Massachusetts?

9. How does Mary react when she learns her punishment for her cunning behavior?

10. How does Karen react to Mrs. Tilford's arrival at the school?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Create a brief character study on Martha. What does she look like? What are her positive personality traits? What are some of her negative characteristics? What are her hopes and fears? What motivates her--if anything--at this point in her life?

Essay Topic 2

Explain the role of married women in the 1930s. Conversely, what is the role of unmarried women in the 1930s? What precedents do they feel compelled to follow? What restrictions do they have? Do they have any freedoms that twenty-first century women do not have?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the symbolism of the bracelet that Rosalie has borrowed and not yet returned. What does it signify? What role does it play in the drama? Why did the author choose this item?

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