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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 Alfred demand in his letters?

2. What door does Temple walk in and out of ten times?

3. Who does Temple test the machine on?

4. What do Temple's medications help her concentrate on?

5. What does Temple call the machine that calms animals down?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Temple feel guilty about the machine she builds in Chapter 10?

2. How does Temple get on working with the cowboys and the cattle in Chapter 12?

3. How does Temple feel about her mother's letter?

4. How does Temple's machine help her?

5. How does Temple feel when she finally walks through the sliding door?

6. How does Temple learn to stop hitting people?

7. How does Temple justify using the machine?

8. What does Lorna King say in her letter to Temple?

9. How does Mr Brookes help Temple in Chapter 9?

10. How does Temple use visual images to help her in daily life?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Temple often examines the positive aspects of her illness. What positives can Temple take from her illness? Would she have become the successful person she became without the illness?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss differences between the novel and autobiography formats. What are the main elements of a novel? What are the main elements of an autobiography? What can novelists express that an autobiographer cannot? How can autobiographies keep to the facts while still maintaining a level of entertainment?

Essay Topic 3

Look at the structure of the book.

1) Discuss elements of the narrative structure: Exposition, conflict, complication, climax, resolution and conclusion. Do all the elements make for a logical and linear story? How does the story's structure express the book's ideas?

2) Examine the way Temple uses other people in the story to express her ideas.

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